House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 27, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4968.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURGESS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4143):Article I Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt qualifying providers of services from prior authorization requirements under Medicare Advantage plans, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 247 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4968, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4968
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 20, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 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 December 20, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4968, last updated December 20, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 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
19 cosponsors — 10 Republicans, 9 Democrats
9 of 19 cosponsors (47%) are from the other party.
Mark Amodei (R-NV), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Donald Davis (D-NC), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Andy Harris (R-MD), Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Kathy Manning (D-NC), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), August Pfluger (R-TX), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Deborah Ross (D-NC), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), David Valadao (R-CA), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Michael Burgess.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.