House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Patient Opportunity Protection Act of 2015
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 18, 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. 4299.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BLUM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 185, December 18, 2015, Page H10711):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2015 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4299, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4299
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 12, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d15a6f5f77f7cef9df5da89940fecebb4ad947da49dd29e29317b6ffa837d3b2
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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 114th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rod Blum.
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- H.R. 3136 (114th) Enforcement Transparency Act of 2015
- H.R. 1944 (114th) Fuel Choice and Deregulation Act of 2015
- H.R. 5914 (114th) To repeal the Act entitled "An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State of Iowa over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Sac…
- H.R. 3318 (114th) Reducing Tax Preparation Burdens for American Investments and Repairs 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.