House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Improving Seniors Access to Quality Benefits Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2018
- Committee actionJun 21, 2018
- Passed HouseJul 24, 2018 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 25, 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. 4952.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4952, Improving Seniors Access to Quality Benefits Act” on July 11, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 21, 2018”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 11, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54169
- CBO publication date
- July 11, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4952, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4952
- 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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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-832 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on July 17, 2018.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 17, 2018 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/832
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4952, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4952
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 23, February 6, 2018, Page H902):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2018 ↗
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- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4952, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4952
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
a2c6672fbb7ef3eae9c01d6145706a10be19341fbb9efefa1eaf8693c62774c2
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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 — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Ron Kind (D-WI).
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.