House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Medicare Breast Reconstruction Access and Information Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the provision of certain information with respect to breast reconstruction surgery under the Medicare program.
Sponsor: Rep. Maxine Waters D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 17, 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. 4545.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 123, July 17, 2025, Page H3477):Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 35 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4545, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4545
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 17, 2026). 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
30 cosponsors — 30 Democrats
0 of 30 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Jesús García (D-IL), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Pablo Hernández (D-PR), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Julie Johnson (D-TX), George Latimer (D-NY), Summer Lee (D-PA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Johnny Olszewski (D-MD), Andrea Salinas (D-OR), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Shri Thanedar (D-MI), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Marc Veasey (D-TX), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters.
- H.R. 3422 (119th) Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act
- H.R. 1764 (119th) Aligning SEC Regulations for the World Bank’s International Development Association Act
- H.R. 4544 (119th) American Access to Banking Act
- H.Res. 259 (119th) Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain documents in the President's possession to the House of Representatives relating to…
- H.R. 10325 (119th) To increase the mandatory contribution amount of Federal Home Loan Banks to the Affordable Housing Program, and for other purposes.
- H.Res. 1106 (119th) Honoring the life and legacy of Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.