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House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

Medicare Informed Choice Act of 2005

H.R. 3861Introduced Sep 22, 2005Policy area: Health
Sponsor: Rep. Pete Stark D-CA
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Where it went

Latest action: Oct 7, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3861.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3861, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

174 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 171 Democrats, 1 independent

2 of 174 cosponsors (1%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Thomas Allen (D-ME), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Brian Baird (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), John Barrow (D-GA), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Marion Berry (D-AR), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Dan Boren (D-OK), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Julia Carson (D-IN), Ed Case (D-HI), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Wm. Clay (D-MO) and 144 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pete Stark.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-13 district

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Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.