Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1038.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIFFITH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 26, February 14, 2017, Page H1185):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress Under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  124 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1038, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1038

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f5945d0020ce214c0b983e64c4fadbf5074047603226f74a12efff7ed9b9cd2b

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1038, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.