House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 23, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 28, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 351.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H7252-H7253):According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have power to enact this legislation to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions as follows: H.R. 120: Ms. Edwards. H.R. 259: Mr. Kingston. H.R. 270: Mr. Ellison and Mr. Honda. H.R. 274: Mr. Keating. H.R. 351: Mr. McKeon. H.R. 543: Mr. Bishop of New York. H.R. 647: Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Collins of Georgia, and Ms. Jackson Lee. H.R. 669: Mrs. Christensen. H.R. 676: Ms. McCollum. H.R. 685: Mr. Vela, Mr. Messer, Mr. Duncan of…Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 3,716 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 351, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/351
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 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 December 5, 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
227 cosponsors — 200 Republicans, 25 Democrats, 1 independent, 1 other
26 of 227 cosponsors (11%) are from the other party.
Justin Amash (L-MI), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Ron Barber (D-AZ), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Andy Barr (R-KY), John Barrow (D-GA), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), Ami Bera (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Paul Broun (R-GA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Michael Capuano (D-MA), John Carter (R-TX), Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and 197 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. David Roe.
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- H.R. 4321 (113th) Employee Privacy Protection Act
- H.R. 3121 (113th) American Health Care Reform Act of 2013
- H.R. 2346 (113th) Secret Ballot Protection Act
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.