House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Reducing Drug Prices for Seniors Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require that coinsurance for drugs under Medicare part D be based on the drug's actual acquisition cost and not the drug's wholesale acquisition cost.
Sponsor: Rep. Donald Davis D-NCWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 12, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1244.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 29, February 12, 2025, Page H677):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 32 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1244, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1244
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 18, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 October 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1244, last updated October 18, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 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 — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Donald Davis.
- H.R. 2625 (119th) VERY Act of 2025
- H.R. 1672 (119th) Maintaining Investments in New Innovation Act
- H.R. 1363 (119th) Honor and Remember Flag Recognition Act
- H.R. 2707 (119th) Protecting American Families and Servicemembers from Anthrax Act
- H.R. 5939 (119th) USMC Helicopter Support in Vietnam Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 1858 (119th) Flooding Prevention, Assessment, and Restoration Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.