To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 696.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WHITFIELD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 18, February 3, 2015, Page H757):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power * * * To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 3, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  167 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 696, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/696

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6a4cd3e8ba1c871475cd8a11297a1920f61e99d1d4ea13c0ddfb58ad01695ce4

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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