House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for wigs as durable medical equipment under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 15, 2017
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 26, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2925.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McGOVERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 102, June 15, 2017, Page H4939):Article I, section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2925, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2925
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 3, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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
23 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 18 Democrats
5 of 23 cosponsors (22%) are from the other party.
Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), John Katko (R-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ann Kuster (D-NH), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Brian Mast (R-FL), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Adam Schiff (D-CA), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Jackie Speier (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
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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.