Medical Debt Responsibility Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1767.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2394):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (the Commerce Clause).
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  53 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1767, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1767

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7d446ae754aebe0759468329b8d1fc744ff49534ec0f261ac5c0ca8c96a76f41

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1767, last updated December 5, 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.