Reclaiming Individual Liberty Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 21.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H42):
  This bill seeks to strike a provision from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the so-called ``individual mandate,'' which is unconstitutional. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires individuals to purchase private health insurance--health insurance that has been approved by the federal government-- or pay a fine. While Congress is granted the authority to ``regulate commerce . . . among the several states,'' and the Supreme Court has allowed Congress to regulate and prohibit ``economic'' activities that are not, strictly speaking, commerce, this is the first time in our nation's history that Congress has sought to regulate inactivity. And for the first time,…
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗

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  1,040 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 21, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/21

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4d7fa2a51f217b55f7aa081f27b10c2d43e888f54e958a9aa16b319ae87cf830

  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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 21, last updated August 14, 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.