State Health Flexibility Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4362.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROKITA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 6, January 11, 2016, Page H281):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause I [the Spending Clause] of the United States Constitution states that ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay for Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.'' The bill also makes specific changes to existing law in a manner that returns power to the States, in accordance with Amendment X of the United States Congress.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  443 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4362, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4362

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dca738b1217cc54394df66336fbe5f35bbbbd8bd6e392ab9b515b614ae5cf921

  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 August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4362, last updated August 12, 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.