American Health Care Reform Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2653.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROE of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 89, June 4, 2015, Page H3915):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, with respect to the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises,'' and to provide for the ``general Welfare of the United States.'' 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.'' Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress the power to ``make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' This…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2015 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2653, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2653

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ee33a3c0d49259d2e63c5de906b6c327fe752183439abee0a2b11d2200e64cb3

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2653, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.