Restoring Rights of Medical Residents Act

Mike Lee

Republican · UT · Senator

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No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-04-16

Source: Congress.gov

This bill would remove a special legal exemption that allows graduate medical resident matching programs to operate without following normal antitrust laws, which prohibit unfair business practices that limit competition. Currently, these matching programs—which help pair medical school graduates with hospital residency positions—are protected from antitrust lawsuits, but this bill would eliminate that protection and subject them to the same competition rules as other industries. The change could potentially affect how medical residencies are assigned and might increase legal challenges to how these programs operate.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4336 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4336 To amend the Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004 to repeal the antitrust exemption applicable to graduate medical resident matching programs. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 16 (legislative day, April 14), 2026 Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004 to repeal the antitrust exemption applicable to graduate medical resident matching programs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring Rights of Medical Residents Act''. SEC. 2. REPEALER. Section 207 of the Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 37B) is repealed. SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, and the amendment made by this Act, shall take effect on the March 18 that first occurs after the date of enactment of this Act. <all>

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