Patient Choice Act of 2012

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6288.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILBRAY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5708):
  Under Article 1, Section 8 Congress has the power To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  282 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6288, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/6288

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8ceea494d1da492ae1085d67d712d8d77ae3a46891da3498006f32648c7fda0f

  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. 6288, 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.