Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1215.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017” on March 23, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 28, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 23, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/52518

  CBO publication date

  March 23, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1215, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1215

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e9bbe5f5161392551e5d45088028587e4fd1c7853d69a786d59550725691d4a7

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-55 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 22, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 22, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/55

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1215, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1215

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e9bbe5f5161392551e5d45088028587e4fd1c7853d69a786d59550725691d4a7

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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. KING of Iowa, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 33, February 24, 2017, Page H1321):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the Constitution (the Spending Clause); 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 February 24, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  432 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1215, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1215

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e9bbe5f5161392551e5d45088028587e4fd1c7853d69a786d59550725691d4a7

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

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