House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Puerto Rico Integrity in Medicare Advantage Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 13, 2018
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 13, 2018 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6809.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Puerto Rico, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 153, September 13, 2018, Page H8727):Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution ``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution Congress shall have the power . . . ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 13, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 531 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6809, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6809
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 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.
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
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Peter King (R-NY), Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R-AS), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Darren Soto (D-FL), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jenniffer González-Colón.
- H.R. 5869 (115th) Maritime Border Security Review Act
- H.R. 5938 (115th) Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2018
- H.R. 6246 (115th) Puerto Rico Admission Act of 2018
- H.R. 2021 (115th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on the cover over of distilled spirits taxes to Puerto Rico and Virgin…
- H.R. 5975 (115th) Puerto Rico Economic Empowerment Act of 2018
- H.R. 1403 (115th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for income attributable to domestic production activities in…
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.