House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Local Coverage Determination Clarification Act of 2018
Sponsor: Rep. Lynn Jenkins R-KSWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 1, 2017
- Committee actionSep 5, 2018
- Passed HouseSep 12, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2018 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3635.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3635, Local Coverage Determination Clarification Act of 2017” on September 12, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 5, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 12, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54455
- CBO publication date
- September 12, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3635, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3635
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-933 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on September 10, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 10, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/933
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3635, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3635
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 130, August 1, 2017, Page H6585):Article I, Section 8: 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. Article I, Section 9: No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 1, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 398 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3635, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3635
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 21, 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.
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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
81 cosponsors — 48 Republicans, 33 Democrats
33 of 81 cosponsors (41%) are from the other party.
Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Diane Black (R-TN), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Dave Brat (R-VA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Earl Carter (R-GA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Paul Cook (R-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Eric Crawford (R-AR), Joseph Crowley (D-NY), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Mike Doyle (D-PA), John Duncan (R-TN), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Bill Flores (R-TX) and 51 more.
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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.