Preserving Patients' Choices Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 556.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCOTTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H552):
  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

  162 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 556, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/556

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  52d16c92345a2586707941025de98b781195e218a168daff6ea99e1b20b8cc9e

  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. 556, 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.