Medical Debt Responsibility Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2086.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SHULER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3986):
  Article I Section 8 Clause 3--The Congress shall have power * * * To regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  165 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2086, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2086

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f281f6e5d36c8a41c94b0fe9fe274243b8bd76d3a13c42600431ad527e631199

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2086, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.