House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 26, 2018
- 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. 6561.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6561, Comprehensive Care for Seniors Act of 2018” 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/54453
- CBO publication date
- September 12, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6561, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6561
- 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. 115-934 ↗. 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/934
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6561, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6561
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5f0177ab3a4ea7e95a53d77cec7a94c37fdfd99df5aa974b123b0c5ac703cd0
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WALORSKI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 126, July 26, 2018, Page H7725):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6561, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6561
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
d5f0177ab3a4ea7e95a53d77cec7a94c37fdfd99df5aa974b123b0c5ac703cd0
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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
10 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 10 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Judy Chu (D-CA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Christopher Smith (R-NJ).
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.