House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Helping Seniors Afford Health Care Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 15, 2019
- Committee actionOct 17, 2019
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 24, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 305.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4671.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-381 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on January 24, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported January 24, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/381
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4671, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4671
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KIM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 162, October 15, 2019, Page H8144):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 15, 2019 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4671, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4671
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4014fb9f978c87eb1526e98ee9a0c85976842b83574ed9903450cd3e7d2963cc
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (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
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Bill Pascrell (D-NJ).
More from the sponsor
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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.