House bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law
Puerto Rico Medicare Part B Equity Act of 2013
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2013
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 19, 2013 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 670.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PIERLUISI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H503):The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of the Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution such power, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution; and to make rules and regulations respecting the U.S. territories, as enumerated in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 522 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 670, 113th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/670
- 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Democrats
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Gregorio Sablan (D-MP), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 113th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Pedro Pierluisi.
- H.R. 2000 (113th) Puerto Rico Status Resolution Act
- H.R. 1329 (113th) Marine Turtle Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2013
- H.R. 1379 (113th) Puerto Rico Hospital HITECH Amendments Act of 2013
- H.R. 1110 (113th) Tsunami Forecasting and Warning Improvement Act of 2013
- H.R. 3966 (113th) Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equity Act of 2014
- H.R. 364 (113th) Supplemental Security Income Equality 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.