House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015
Sponsor: Rep. Patrick Tiberi R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 12, 2015
- Committee actionFeb 26, 2015
- Passed HouseMar 16, 2015 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 17, 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. 284.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 284, Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015” on March 11, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on February 26, 2015”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 11, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50023
- CBO publication date
- March 11, 2015
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 284, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/284
- 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. 114-38 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on March 13, 2015.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 13, 2015 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/38
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 284, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/284
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TIBERI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 5, January 12, 2015, Page H225):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2015 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
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- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 284, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/284
- 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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- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.2, which became Public Law 114-10 on 4/16/2015.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
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- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 284, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/284
- 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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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
63 cosponsors — 45 Republicans, 18 Democrats
18 of 63 cosponsors (29%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Lou Barletta (R-PA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rod Blum (R-IA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Tom Emmer (R-MN), J. Forbes (R-VA), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Richard Hanna (R-NY), Gregg Harper (R-MS), Bill Johnson (R-OH), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), David Joyce (R-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Peter King (R-NY), Steve King (R-IA), James Langevin (D-RI), John Larson (D-CT), Robert Latta (R-OH) and 33 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Patrick Tiberi.
- H.R. 636 (114th) FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016
- H.R. 960 (114th) To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Newark, Ohio, as the Daniel L. Kinnard VA Clinic.
- H.R. 5273 (114th) Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act of 2016
- H.R. 5713 (114th) Sustaining Healthcare Integrity and Fair Treatment Act of 2016
- H.Con.Res. 12 (114th) Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the United States Capitol for a ceremony to present the Congressional Gold Medal to Jack Nicklaus.
- H.R. 2510 (114th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 22, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.