House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Transparency and Accountability of Failed Exchanges Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 16, 2015
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2015 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4262.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALLEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 183, December 16, 2015, Page H9375):Consistent with the original understanding of the commerce clause, the authority to enact this legislation is found in Clause 3 of Section 8, Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 16, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 177 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4262, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4262
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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 August 12, 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
63 cosponsors — 63 Republicans
0 of 63 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mike Bost (R-IL), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Doug Collins (R-GA), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Bill Flores (R-TX), J. Forbes (R-VA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Bob Gibbs (R-OH), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Tom Graves (R-GA), H. Griffith (R-VA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Jody Hice (R-GA), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Mike Kelly (R-PA) and 33 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rick Allen.
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.