House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for participation in the Exchange of the President, Vice-President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Burgess R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 20, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 8, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 360.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURGESS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H396):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to make rules for the government, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution. In addition, the bill extends equal treatment to all Congressional staff in respect to numerous court interpretations of the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause to the Constitution ``shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States . . . nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.''Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 585 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 360, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/360
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
24633053211aab0504d8be53129ff2520dfeb7bc0db3a9bf05bce59d01df9f8c
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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 360, last updated December 5, 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
51 cosponsors — 51 Republicans
0 of 51 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Lou Barletta (R-PA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Paul Broun (R-GA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), Eric Crawford (R-AR), John Culberson (R-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Dean Heller (R-NV), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Timothy Johnson (R-IL), Walter Jones (R-NC), Jack Kingston (R-GA), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), John Kline (R-MN), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Robert Latta (R-OH), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Michael McCaul (R-TX) and 21 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Burgess.
- H.R. 1214 (112th) To repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center construction.
- H.R. 570 (112th) Dental Emergency Responder Act of 2011
- H.R. 6190 (112th) Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2012
- H.R. 2969 (112th) Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2011
- H.R. 2500 (112th) Equal Access and Parity for Multi-Campus Hospitals Act
- H.R. 2020 (112th) Preservation of Access to Osteoporosis Testing for Medicare Beneficiaries Act of 2011
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.