House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Charles Gonzalez D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 25, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1580.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GONZALEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2914):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 293 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1580, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1580
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
82 cosponsors — 61 Republicans, 21 Democrats
61 of 82 cosponsors (74%) are from the other party.
Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Steve Austria (R-OH), Charles Bass (R-NH), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Dan Boren (D-OK), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ann Buerkle (R-NY), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), John Carter (R-TX), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Ben Chandler (D-KY), Howard Coble (R-NC), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Mark Critz (D-PA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Geoff Davis (R-KY), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), John Duncan (R-TN), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), H. Griffith (R-VA), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and 52 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Gonzalez.
- H.R. 456 (112th) Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 2011
- H.R. 1937 (112th) EAC Improvements Act of 2011
- H.R. 3383 (112th) Safe Transportation of Hazardous Materials Act of 2011
- H.R. 523 (112th) American Fuel Protection Act of 2011
- H.R. 2843 (112th) For the relief of Monica Elizondo.
- H.R. 3478 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend bond authority for those empowerment and enterprise zones with unused bond limitation…
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.