Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4771.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 43, March 17, 2016, Page H1462):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, of the Constitution, which grants Congress the power to provide for uniform laws that remove barriers to trade and facilitate commerce nationwide; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 9; Article III, Section 1, Clause 1; and Article III, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution, which grant Congress authority over federal courts.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  358 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4771, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4771

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  55f40f555dda49627394ba3f82c318308ff4d0f0becc1baa639bd54e33e5aff0

  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 December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4771, last updated December 6, 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.