House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Common Sense Health Reform Americans Actually Want Act
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Latham R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 20, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 9, 2014 — Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3165.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LATHAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5802):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3165, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3165
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
922371b80c653b4b77f6335ecdbc7478fdba2449828bba6b0b1352543d911439
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 12, 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
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Latham.
- H.R. 1765 (113th) Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013
- H.R. 4745 (113th) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015
- H.R. 2610 (113th) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
- H.R. 1918 (113th) Brewers Excise and Economic Relief Act of 2013
- H.R. 690 (113th) Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act
- H.R. 3722 (113th) To provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State.
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.