Medicare Patient Empowerment Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1700.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PRICE of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3000):
  The Fifth Amendment provides that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. This bill ensures that the rights of Medicare beneficiaries to independently contract are not infringed by the federal government.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  251 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1700, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1700

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f68786ac78b2d525fc5f39b2a00521f133ec6e5112a7b55dd6d20a4449874840

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1700, last updated December 5, 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.