House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act
Sponsor: Rep. Joseph Pitts R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2014
- Committee actionJun 10, 2014
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2014 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 451.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4299.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4299, Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act” on June 27, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 10, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 27, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45486
- CBO publication date
- June 27, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4299, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4299
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4299, Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act” on September 25, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 10, 2014”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 25, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45735
- CBO publication date
- September 25, 2014
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4299, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4299
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 113-565,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 113-565,Part 2 ↗.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 19, 2014 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/565
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/565 - Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4299, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4299
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PITTS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2695):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, which states that Congress shall have the power ``to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states. . .''Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 160 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4299, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4299
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
f383a5fc1bf83d8cc9daefa9e13f225b79ca86bdea553802ef03e346a22f9c53
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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
15 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 6 Democrats
6 of 15 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Doug Collins (R-GA), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Gene Green (D-TX), H. Griffith (R-VA), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Robert Latta (R-OH), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH), Paul Tonko (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Pitts.
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- H.R. 4302 (113th) Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014
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- H.R. 297 (113th) Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2013
- H.R. 3811 (113th) Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act of 2014
- H.R. 1549 (113th) Helping Sick Americans Now 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.