To continue the use of a 3-month quarter EHR reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful use for 2015 under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive payment programs, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5481.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. ELLMERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H7618):
  The Commerce Clause: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power ``to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  206 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5481, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5481

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f5b305175be688f56b13ee9942f5fc184be08532e704970898891a8df5f2848b

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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