House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Medicare Buy-In and Health Care Stabilization Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 25, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 10, 2019 — Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1346.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 34, February 25, 2019, Page H2102):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1346, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1346
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
45268e204776a14462a9a8edbabdc69c2bf5731596bd7f9438c4cbd27098d34e
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 April 7, 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
51 cosponsors — 51 Democrats
0 of 51 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Mike Doyle (D-PA), Jared Golden (D-ME), Denny Heck (D-WA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), William Keating (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Daniel Kildee (D-MI), Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ann Kuster (D-NH), James Langevin (D-RI), Rick Larsen (D-WA), John Larson (D-CT), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Sean Maloney (D-NY), James McGovern (D-MA) and 21 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Higgins.
- H.R. 1730 (116th) Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2019
- H.R. 3654 (116th) Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2019
- H.R. 3316 (116th) Neighborhood Homes Investment Act
- H.R. 3905 (116th) Social Security Administration Accountability Act of 2019
- H.R. 8710 (116th) Veterans Community Care Fairness Act
- H.R. 4276 (116th) BOUND Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.