House bill · 114th Congress · Did not become law
Protection from Insurance Exchange Monopolies Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 15, 2016
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 15, 2016 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6049.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HECK of Nevada, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 140, September 15, 2016, Page H5524):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 15, 2016 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 293 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6049, 114th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/6049
- 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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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 December 5, 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
12 cosponsors — 12 Republicans
0 of 12 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Tom Cole (R-OK), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Cresent Hardy (R-NV), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Martha McSally (R-AZ), Robert Pittenger (R-NC), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Mark Walker (R-NC).
More from the sponsor
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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.