To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1216.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1216, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from a direct appropriation to an authorization of appropriations” on April 8, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 5, 2011”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 8, 2011 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/22094

  CBO publication date

  April 8, 2011

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1216, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1216

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  37ece71ea51ac87338a1877cbcecb70f051cc58124679be6e06e2a9c8928e7f9

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-64 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 27, 2011.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 27, 2011 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/64

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1216, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1216

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  37ece71ea51ac87338a1877cbcecb70f051cc58124679be6e06e2a9c8928e7f9

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GUTHRIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2038):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 21, 2025 ↗

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  Statement length

  293 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1216, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1216

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  37ece71ea51ac87338a1877cbcecb70f051cc58124679be6e06e2a9c8928e7f9

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1216, last updated April 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.