House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Increasing Medication Access for Seniors Act of 2024
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 13, 2024
- 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. 8725.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CARAVEO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 100, June 13, 2024, Page H4062):Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18) THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8 POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit to Congress a report on the option to elect to pay cost-sharing under a prescription drug plan or MA-PD plan in monthly capped amounts.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 13, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 396 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8725, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8725
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 19, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
9aae89c103cd5b55d6e5960ae79455c2f94b06c209239d344d011db7350b20ea
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 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8725, last updated December 19, 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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
2 of 2 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Yadira Caraveo.
- H.R. 4152 (118th) Space Resources Institute Act
- H.R. 9194 (118th) Nucleic Acid Standards for Biosecurity Act
- H.R. 7059 (118th) ACCESS Act of 2024
- H.R. 4060 (118th) Food Access and Stability Act of 2023
- H.R. 5989 (118th) Rural Health Care Facilities Revitalization Act
- H.R. 8199 (118th) Increasing Nutrition Access for Seniors Act of 2024
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.