House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Stop Penalizing Working Seniors Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals only enrolled in Medicare Part A to contribute to health savings accounts.
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Latta R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6577.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LATTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 208, December 10, 2025, Page H5562):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: Congress shall have the power . . . ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 172 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6577, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6577
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 18, 2026
- 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 February 18, 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
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Tom Barrett (R-MI), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Ashley Hinson (R-IA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Latta.
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.