House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2013
Sponsor: Rep. Peter Welch D-VTWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 12, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 11, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1102.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WELCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1359):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, the power to make laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 230 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1102, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1102
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c1e5d9d95a1202776faedc704e3e23ad56fb60f9dae74d463f1bd05c756c5d05
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. 1102, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 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
40 cosponsors — 40 Democrats
0 of 40 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Ami Bera (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Conyers (D-MI), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Sam Farr (D-CA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), William Owens (D-NY) and 10 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Peter Welch.
- H.R. 1865 (113th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 35 Park Street in Danville, Vermont, as the "Thaddeus Stevens…
- H.R. 2569 (113th) Upper Missisquoi and Trout Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
- H.Res. 11 (113th) Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to reinstate the "Gephardt rule".
- H.R. 736 (113th) Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2013
- H.R. 3445 (113th) Stop Deducting Damages Act of 2013
- H.Res. 12 (113th) Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that any extension of the public debt limit only be considered in a…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.