House bill · 115th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedDec 6, 2018
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseDec 11, 2018 · 400–11
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 12, 2018 — Received in the Senate.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7217.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7217, Improving Medicaid Programs and Opportunities for Eligible Beneficiaries Act” on December 10, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the website of the House Majority Leader on December 7, 2018, G:\P\15\H\CMS\MEDCD\ACEKIDS_03.XML”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 10, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54879
- CBO publication date
- December 10, 2018
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7217, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/7217
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 193, December 6, 2018, Pages H9767-H9768):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 6, 2018 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7217, 115th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/7217
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 22, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
b46fd4ca69debd1b549a47c8eb5e38802090917f5534d02bf42820604d9d1545
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 committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7217, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Gene Green (D-TX), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Fred Upton (R-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 115th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Barton.
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.