House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Local and Municipal Health Care Choice Act of 2017
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 2, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 17, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1319.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MARCHANT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 37, March 2, 2017, Page H1531):1. The power to regulate commerce among several states as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. 2. to provide for the general welfare of the United States as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 2, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 279 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1319, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1319
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
63ed03319efed9ee7040a75dc5a5fb7b890798c0ad955adafabe5030cbf4d28b
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 11, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Eric Crawford (R-AR), William Thornberry (R-TX), Steve Womack (R-AR).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kenny Marchant.
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- H.R. 523 (115th) Debt Transparency and Accountability Act
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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.