House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 3, 2009
- Committee actionMar 4, 2009
- Passed HouseMar 31, 2009 · 422–3
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2009 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1253.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1253, Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009” on March 20, 2009. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 4, 2009</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 20, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20523
- CBO publication date
- March 20, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1253, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1253
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3a76e14fd8f279fd22cecbd62d98855597a72243698b4dd8a9638e1ad05af52e
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1253, Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009” on March 20, 2009. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 4, 2009”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 20, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/20523
- CBO publication date
- March 20, 2009
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1253, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1253
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3a76e14fd8f279fd22cecbd62d98855597a72243698b4dd8a9638e1ad05af52e
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 111-62 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 30, 2009.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 30, 2009 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/111/HRPT/62
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1253, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1253
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- March 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3a76e14fd8f279fd22cecbd62d98855597a72243698b4dd8a9638e1ad05af52e
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.