House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Medicare Advantage Coverage Transparency Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Kelly R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2015
- Committee actionJun 2, 2015
- Passed HouseJun 17, 2015 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 18, 2015 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2505.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2505, Medicare Advantage Coverage Transparency Act of 2015” on June 12, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 2, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 12, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50295
- CBO publication date
- June 12, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2505, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2505
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-152 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on June 12, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 12, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/152
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2505, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2505
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b25f8557d82697f4b809fef01c5006ed9e47d79ce94daf720b3102c4d57cf05
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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. KELLY of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 79, May 21, 2015, Page H3562):The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 96 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2505, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2505
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
3b25f8557d82697f4b809fef01c5006ed9e47d79ce94daf720b3102c4d57cf05
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2505, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat, 1 independent
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Ron Kind (D-WI), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Kelly.
- H.R. 1026 (114th) Taxpayer Knowledge of IRS Investigations Act
- H.R. 5317 (114th) To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs health care center in Center Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, as the "Abie Abraham…
- H.R. 641 (114th) Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015
- H.R. 765 (114th) Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act of 2015
- H.R. 1752 (114th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts.
- H.R. 1299 (114th) Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2015
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.