House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJan 9, 2023
- Committee actionDec 5, 2023
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 19, 2024 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 779.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 133.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 133, Mandating Exclusive Review of Individual Treatments (MERIT) Act” on March 13, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on December 6, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 13, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60087
- CBO publication date
- March 13, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 133, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/133
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-764 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on November 22, 2024.Source: Congress.gov, reported November 22, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/764
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 133, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/133
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2b1fc37110a958f369724326e68f2680c26b57c50ae6268a23c972e0a028dbde
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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. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H110):Art. 1, Sec. 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 14 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 133, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/133
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2b1fc37110a958f369724326e68f2680c26b57c50ae6268a23c972e0a028dbde
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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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
6 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 6 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Mike Carey (R-OH), A. Ferguson (R-GA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Carol Miller (R-WV), Maria Salazar (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.