H.R. 8082

Summary

H.R. 8082, the COMPETE Act, was introduced in the House on Mar 25, 2026 by Rep. Glenn Grothman (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Mar 25, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 8082 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 HR 8082 IH: Competition and Openness in Markets to Promote Efficiency, Transparency, and Enhanced affordability Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-03-25
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 8082  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 25, 2026   Mr. Grothman  (for himself and  Mr. Fulcher ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To ensure competition in health insurance markets.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Competition and Openness in Markets to Promote Efficiency, Transparency, and Enhanced affordability Act   or the   COMPETE Act  .
2.
Short-term limited duration insurance
Section 2791(b) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–91(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(6)
Short-term limited duration insurance
The term  short-term limited duration insurance  means a plan providing health insurance coverage pursuant to a contract with a health insurance issuer—
(A)
that has an expiration date specified in the contract that is not more than 12 months after the original effective date of the contract; and
(B)
which may include a renewal guarantee that permits a policyholder to elect to purchase, for periods of time following expiration of the initial contract, another policy or policies at some future date, at a premium that would not reflect any additional underwriting.
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To ensure competition in health insurance markets.

Sponsors

Rep. Glenn Grothman (R) sponsors H.R. 8082, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Glenn Grothman

Rep. · R–WI-6 · Sponsor

Introduced Mar 25, 2026

Russ Fulcher

Rep. · R–ID-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 25, 2026 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 8082 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Mar 25, 2026 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 8082 has taken 2 actions since Mar 25, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 8082 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 8082, as Identical bill.

S 3418COMPETE ActDec 10, 2025 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensi… · Identical bill

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Titles

H.R. 8082 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• COMPETE Act — Display Title
• COMPETE Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Competition and Openness in Markets to Promote Efficiency, Transparency, and Enhanced affordability Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To ensure competition in health insurance markets. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 8 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 8082 in 2 quarterly filings, 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Small Business.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 8082 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 8082’s is Health.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 8082, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 25, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GROTHMAN:H.R. 8082.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H2711]

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