Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 160.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 160, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2015” on June 4, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 2, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 4, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50267

  CBO publication date

  June 4, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 160, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/160

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7ef44c6ef12329686d0a978650b4296f920bb00abe6c721706c4f45e1f3b42cb

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-147 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on June 11, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 11, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/147

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 160, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/160

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7ef44c6ef12329686d0a978650b4296f920bb00abe6c721706c4f45e1f3b42cb

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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. PAULSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 1, January 6, 2015, Page H48):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 6, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 160, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/160

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7ef44c6ef12329686d0a978650b4296f920bb00abe6c721706c4f45e1f3b42cb

  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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