House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Require a PLAN Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2013
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseFeb 6, 2013 · 253–167
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 7, 2013 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 444.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PRICE of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H315):This bill makes changes to existing law relating to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, which provides that, ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts, and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States,'' and Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7, which provides that, ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law, and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures shall be published from time to time.'' Section 1105 (a), of title 31, United States Code, requires the…Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 1,031 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 444, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/444
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- 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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 444, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
83 cosponsors — 83 Republicans
0 of 83 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Andy Barr (R-KY), Joe Barton (R-TX), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Diane Black (R-TN), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), K. Conaway (R-TX), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Eric Crawford (R-AR), John Culberson (R-TX), Steve Daines (R-MT), Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Bill Flores (R-TX), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Cory Gardner (R-CO), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Sam Graves (R-MO), Tim Griffin (R-AR) and 53 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Price.
- H.R. 1874 (113th) Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2014
- H.R. 2009 (113th) Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act of 2013
- H.R. 1717 (113th) Medicare DMEPOS Market Pricing Program Act of 2013
- H.R. 3485 (113th) Employee Rights Act
- H.R. 2300 (113th) Empowering Patients First Act of 2013
- H.R. 828 (113th) Decrease Spending 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.