Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1791.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1791, Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act” on November 8, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on October 29, 2013”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 8, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/44724

  CBO publication date

  November 8, 2013

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1791, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1791

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  285c530038131a490301d32513ec56ebdc29e829a33b95e33f55af16c0643a91

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-273 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on November 21, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 21, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/273

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1791, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1791

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  285c530038131a490301d32513ec56ebdc29e829a33b95e33f55af16c0643a91

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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. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2395):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which grants Congress the power to provide for the common Defense of the United States, and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States, which provides Congress the power to make ``all Laws which shall be necessary and proper'' for carrying out the constitutional powers vested in the Government of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  452 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1791, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1791

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  285c530038131a490301d32513ec56ebdc29e829a33b95e33f55af16c0643a91

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

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