House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Creating Access to Rehabilitation for Every Senior (CARES) Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedNov 19, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Nov 19, 2013 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3531.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RENACCI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7252):Congress created a health care program called Medicare that is operated by the federal government. This bill would improve the efficiency and fairness of that program, especially access to care, while affecting interstate commerce, which Congress has the power to regulate under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 310 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3531, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3531
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 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 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
31 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 10 Democrats
10 of 31 cosponsors (32%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Ron Barber (D-AZ), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), John Carney (D-DE), John Delaney (D-MD), Sam Farr (D-CA), Marcia Fudge (D-OH), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Colleen Hanabusa (D-HI), Joseph Heck (R-NV), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), David Joyce (R-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Michael Michaud (D-ME), Richard Nugent (R-FL), Scott Perry (R-PA), Bill Posey (R-FL), Tom Price (R-GA), Tom Reed (R-NY), Reid Ribble (R-WI), Todd Rokita (R-IN), Keith Rothfus (R-PA), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Steve Stivers (R-OH), Michael Turner (R-OH), Daniel Webster (R-FL) and 1 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Renacci.
- H.R. 2565 (113th) STOP IRS Act
- H.R. 4188 (113th) Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act
- H.R. 1653 (113th) Pro Football Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
- H.R. 5213 (113th) STARS Act
- H.R. 4678 (113th) Federal Financial Statement Transparency Act of 2014
- H.R. 1654 (113th) Budget Process Improvement Act of 2013
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.