Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 361.

• 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 (Vol. 161, No. 7, January 14, 2015, Page H407):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: 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, Congressional Record January 14, 2015 ↗

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  528 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 361, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/361

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3ee47cbecea19fa6991a828a83cdcc4721e69449ead02d049c937b9e7267edfa

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 361, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.