House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Part D Beneficiary Appeals Fairness Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 8, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 13, 2011 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3613.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8319):Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, which sets forth the constitutional authority of Congress to regulate interstate commerce.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 146 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3613, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3613
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 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 August 14, 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
34 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 33 Democrats
1 of 34 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Leonard Boswell (D-IA), André Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Danny Davis (D-IL), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Michael Honda (D-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Walter Jones (R-NC), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), John Olver (D-MA), Laura Richardson (D-CA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Tim Ryan (D-OH) and 4 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Henry Johnson.
- H.R. 368 (112th) Removal Clarification Act of 2011
- H.R. 528 (112th) Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2011
- H.R. 1873 (112th) Arbitration Fairness Act of 2011
- H.R. 1113 (112th) Fair Employment Act of 2011
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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.