House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Stop the Wait Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2024 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 883.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOGGETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 28, February 10, 2023, Page H833):Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: to phase out the SSDI Medicare and disability payment waiting periods.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 169 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 883, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/883
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- 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 5, 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
118 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 115 Democrats
3 of 118 cosponsors (3%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cori Bush (D-MO), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Jason Crow (D-CO), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Danny Davis (D-IL), Donald Davis (D-NC), Diana DeGette (D-CO) and 88 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Doggett.
- H.Res. 1366 (118th) Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee.
- H.R. 6416 (118th) Russian War Crimes in Ukraine Tax Act
- H.R. 884 (118th) No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act
- H.R. 33 (118th) Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act of 2023
- H.R. 6654 (118th) Farewell to Foam Act of 2023
- H.R. 34 (118th) Assuring Medicare’s Promise Act of 2023
Related bills
- S. 5428 (119th) Stop the Wait Act of 2026Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.