House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 11, 2014
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 11, 2014 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4188.
- 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 H2301):Article 1, Section 8 the general welfare clause.Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 48 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4188, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4188
- 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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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
107 cosponsors — 53 Republicans, 54 Democrats
54 of 107 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Ron Barber (D-AZ), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Dan Benishek (R-MI), Timothy Bishop (D-NY), Diane Black (R-TN), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Shelley Capito (R-WV), Michael Capuano (D-MA), John Carney (D-DE), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Jim Costa (D-CA), Rodney Davis (R-IL), John Delaney (D-MD), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), J. Forbes (R-VA), Pete Gallego (D-TX), Jim Gerlach (R-PA) and 77 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Renacci.
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- H.R. 3531 (113th) Creating Access to Rehabilitation for Every Senior (CARES) Act of 2013
- 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.