H.R. 4160: Keep the Promise to Seniors Act of 2014
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H.R. 4160: Keep the Promise to Seniors Act of 2014
113th Congress · introduced 2014-03-06 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2014-03-06 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Keep the Promise to Seniors Act of 2014
Plain summary
Keep the Promise to Seniors Act of 2014 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from taking any action (through promulgation of a final or interim final regulation, issuance of regulatory or program guidance, use of federal payment audit procedures, or other enforcement or administrative action, policy, or practice) to implement any provision of the proposed regulation (relating to policy and technical changes to the MedicareAdvantage and part D programs under Medicare) published in the Federal Register on January 10, 2014, insofar as that regulation relates to part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), including its application to MedicareAdvantage- Prescription Drug (MA-PD) plans under part C (Medicare+Choice Program).
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
Keep the Promise to Seniors Act of 2014
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] · 6 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Mike Kelly (R-PA)
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Words on this page, explained (3)
- Federal Register
- The official daily publication of the U.S. government for agency rules, proposed rules, public notices and presidential documents.
- Rulemaking
- The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr4160.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr4160 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113