House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Verify Eligibility Coverage Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 27, 2017
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 3, 2017 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 705.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FLORES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 14, January 27, 2017, Page H702):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2017 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 44 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 705, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/705
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 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.
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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Chris Collins (R-NY), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Flores.
- H.R. 2910 (115th) Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act
- H.R. 6140 (115th) Advanced Nuclear Fuel Availability Act
- H.Res. 1172 (115th) Honoring the life of President George Herbert Walker Bush.
- H.R. 480 (115th) Student Loan Opportunity Act of 2017
- H.R. 370 (115th) To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education…
- H.R. 710 (115th) Health Coverage State Flexibility Act of 2017
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.