To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare payment for long-term care hospital services.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3516.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7928):
  Article I, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 7, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  21 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3516, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3516

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 7, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8a6a7de0e6f955f0b2fb212f3788d16671240f6fbdeb8ba08600645ad7b7f41e

  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 February 7, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3516, last updated February 7, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.