House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Pre-existing Conditions Protection Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 18, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 25, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 692.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 11, January 18, 2019, Page H958):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 18, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 692, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/692
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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 July 21, 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
83 cosponsors — 82 Republicans, 1 independent
0 of 83 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Don Bacon (R-NE), James Baird (R-IN), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Mike Bost (R-IL), Susan Brooks (R-IN), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Earl Carter (R-GA), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Liz Cheney (R-WY), Tom Cole (R-OK), Chris Collins (R-NY), Paul Cook (R-CA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), John Curtis (R-UT), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI) and 53 more.
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.