House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Establishing Beneficiary Equity in the Hospital Readmission Program Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 19, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1343.
- 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 (Vol. 161, No. 40, March 10, 2015, Page H1626):Article 1, Section 8: ``. . . provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States . . .''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 109 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1343, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1343
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 December 3, 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
89 cosponsors — 45 Republicans, 44 Democrats
44 of 89 cosponsors (49%) are from the other party.
Ralph Abraham (R-LA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Brad Ashford (D-NE), Brian Babin (R-TX), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Diane Black (R-TN), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Earl Carter (R-GA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Chris Collins (R-NY), John Conyers (D-MI), John Culberson (R-TX), Susan Davis (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Robert Dold (R-IL), Daniel Donovan (R-NY), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Blake Farenthold (R-TX) and 59 more.
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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.