House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Medicare Orthotics and Prosthetics Improvement Act of 2011
Sponsor: Rep. Shelley Berkley D-NVWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 24, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 3, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1958.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BERKLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3410):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3; and including, but not solely limited to Article I, Section 8, Clause 14.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 105 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1958, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1958
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a3381fc61495ea33a95dd78b795c45766f24ef4258c5f92ad81ac55caf1de176
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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1958, last updated August 14, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 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
9 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 6 Democrats
3 of 9 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Jason Altmire (D-PA), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Tom Latham (R-IA), Richard Neal (D-MA), Mike Ross (D-AR), C. Ruppersberger (D-MD), Glenn Thompson (R-PA).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1514 (112th) To limit United States assistance to Egypt unless Egypt is honoring its commitments under the 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.
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- H.R. 1757 (112th) To make permanent the estate tax provisions enacted as part of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation…
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.