H.R. 6114

Summary

H.R. 6114, to prohibit funds made available to the Department of Health and Human Services by previous Appropriations Acts from being used for any activity that makes Medicare Advantage the default under the Medicare program, was introduced in the House on Nov 18, 2025 by Rep. Mark Pocan (D) with 16 co-sponsors. It was referred to Ways And Means, and last saw action on Nov 18, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

Record

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H.R. 6114 has 16 co-sponsors.

119 HR 6114 IH: To prohibit funds made available to the Department of Health and Human Services by previous Appropriations Acts from being used for any activity that makes Medicare Advantage the default under the Medicare program.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-11-18
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 6114  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   November 18, 2025   Mr. Pocan  (for himself,  Mr. Carson ,  Mr. Cohen ,  Ms. DeLauro ,  Mr. Doggett ,  Ms. Jayapal ,  Mr. Khanna ,  Ms. Norton ,  Ms. Ocasio-Cortez ,  Ms. Schakowsky ,  Mr. Takano ,  Mr. Thanedar ,  Ms. Tlaib ,  Ms. McBride , and  Ms. Omar ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Ways and Means , and in addition to the Committee on  Energy and Commerce , 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   A BILL
To prohibit funds made available to the Department of Health and Human Services by previous Appropriations Acts from being used for any activity that makes Medicare Advantage the default under the Medicare program.
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Prohibiting use of appropriated funds to make Medicare Advantage the default under the Medicare program
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available by previous Appropriations Acts to the Department of Health and Human Services for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year may be used for any activity that deems an individual entitled to benefits under part A and enrolled under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. ) who fails to make an election under subsection (e)(1) of section 1851 of such title to have elected an MA plan under part C of such title other than as provided in subsection (c)(3) of such section.

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To prohibit funds made available to the Department of Health and Human Services by previous Appropriations Acts from being used for any activity that makes Medicare Advantage the default under the Medicare program.

Sponsors

Rep. Mark Pocan (D) sponsors H.R. 6114, and 16 members have co-sponsored it, 14 of them from the day it was introduced.

Mark Pocan

Rep. · D–WI-2 · Sponsor

Introduced Nov 18, 2025

Eleanor Norton

Rep. · D–DC-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025 · Original

Andre Carson

Rep. · D–IN-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025 · Original

Steve Cohen

Rep. · D–TN-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025 · Original

Rosa DeLauro

Rep. · D–CT-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025 · Original

Lloyd Doggett

Rep. · D–TX-37 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025 · Original

Pramila Jayapal

Rep. · D–WA-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025 · Original

Ro Khanna

Rep. · D–CA-17 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025 · Original

Sarah McBride

Rep. · D–DE-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025 · Original

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Rep. · D–NY-14 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 18, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 6114 went before 2 committees: Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Nov 18, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Referred To · Nov 18, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Actions

H.R. 6114 has taken 2 actions since Nov 18, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 6114 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 6114 goes by 2 titles.

• To prohibit funds made available to the Department of Health and Human Services by previous Appropriations Acts from being used for any activity that makes Medicare Advantage the default under the Medicare program. — Official Title as Introduced
• To prohibit funds made available to the Department of Health and Human Services by previous Appropriations Acts from being used for any activity that makes Medicare Advantage the default under the Medicare program. — Display Title

Lobbying

5 clients hired 3 firms and 22 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 6114 in 8 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Pharmacy, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Insurance, Budget/Appropriations, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Government Issues.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 22.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6114 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6114’s is Health.

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