House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Medicaid Fraud Fighting and Taxpayer Protection Act
Official title: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase the State share of recovery under laws relating to false or fraudulent claims under the Medicaid program.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 28, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 28, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10621.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIFFITH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 153, September 28, 2026, Page H6011):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution as well as Amendment XVISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 28, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 79 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10621, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10621
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 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.
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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
4 cosponsors — 4 Republicans
0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Cliff Bentz (R-OR), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), August Pfluger (R-TX), Michael Rulli (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.