H.R. 4261 · 118th Congress

ARC Act of 2023

Introduced on Jun 21, 2023 by Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10). 67 cosponsors, 12 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 17, 2024): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 21, 2023
Cosponsors
67
12 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of peripheral artery disease screening tests furnished to at-risk beneficiaries under the Medicare and Medicaid programs without the imposition of cost-sharing requirements, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Digestive and metabolic diseases
  • Education programs funding
  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health care quality
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Health promotion and preventive care
  • Health technology, devices, supplies
  • Home and outpatient care
  • Hospital care
  • Insurance industry and regulation
  • Medicaid
  • Medical tests and diagnostic methods
  • Medicare
  • Surgery and anesthesia

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Donald M. Payne, Jr.D-NJ-10Sponsor

Democrats · 55

Republicans · 12

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jun 21, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jun 21, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jun 21, 2023 · HouseReferred 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.
  4. Jun 21, 2023 · HouseReferred 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.
  5. Jun 23, 2023Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3129)
  6. Jun 23, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  7. Dec 3, 2024 · HouseASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Jackson (IL) asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 4261, a bill originally introduced by Representative Payne, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
  8. Dec 17, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY5 reports
    $2.3M reported (all issues)
  2. American Heart Association5 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, INC.$333.7K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. American Vascular Access, LLC (CardioVascular Coalition)5 reports
  4. Azura Vascular Care (FKA Fresenius Vascular Care) (CardioVascular Coalition)5 reports
  5. CARDIOVASCULAR COALITION, INC.5 reports
    $530K reported (all issues)
  6. Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CardioVascular Coalition)5 reports
  7. Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CardioVascular Coalition)5 reports
  8. JOHNSON & JOHNSON SERVICES, INC.5 reports
    $8.9M reported (all issues)
  9. LifeLine Vascular Care (FKA Lifeline Vascular Access) (CardioVascular Coalition)5 reports
  10. Medtronic (CardioVascular Coalition)5 reports
  11. Outpatient Endovascular and Interventional Society (CardioVascular Coalition)5 reports
  12. Philips Image Guided Therapy/Volcano Corporation (CardioVascular Coalition)5 reports
  13. Podimetrics, Inc.5 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  14. Pulse Vascular (CardioVascular Coalition)5 reports
  15. SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY5 reports
    $430K reported (all issues)
  16. The Vascular Care Group (CardioVascular Coalition)5 reports
  17. Arise Vascular (CardioVascular Coalition)4 reports
  18. National Cardiovascular Partners (CardioVascular Coalition)4 reports
  19. Association of Black Cardiologists3 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  20. BD Peripheral Intervention (CardioVascular Coalition)3 reports
  21. BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY1 report
    $485K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY$12.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  22. MEDTRONIC INC.1 report
    $700K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MEDTRONIC USA INC$10M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.