Ensuring Access to Quality Medicaid Providers Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3716.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3716, Ensuring Removal of Terminated Providers from Medicaid and CHIP Act” on February 2, 2016. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on November 18, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 2, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51186

  CBO publication date

  February 2, 2016

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3716, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3716

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-427 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on February 23, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 23, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/427

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3716, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3716

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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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. BUCSHON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 148, October 8, 2015, Page H6936):
  The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 8, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  260 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3716, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3716

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3716, 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.