To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require that State applications for State plan waivers under the Medicaid program be approved only if such applications are budget neutral, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2119.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SHIMKUS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 63, April 29, 2015, Page H2655):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 29, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  132 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2119, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2119

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bf9ff167d50291d7dd1e512d83478cd1fd56aa98fecf50c4f531acf8533095cd

  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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