Helping Sick Americans Now Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1549.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1549, Helping Sick Americans Now Act” on April 19, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 17, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 19, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44101

  CBO publication date

  April 19, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1549, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1549

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  626807f1a5e947ad4f738aeacb5499dbb83b6d6df06fbcff4d7eed8ff18517ad

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-45 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 19, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 19, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/45

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1549, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1549

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  626807f1a5e947ad4f738aeacb5499dbb83b6d6df06fbcff4d7eed8ff18517ad

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PITTS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2026):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  134 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1549, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1549

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  626807f1a5e947ad4f738aeacb5499dbb83b6d6df06fbcff4d7eed8ff18517ad

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1549, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.