Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1409.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LANCE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 39, March 7, 2017, Page H1595):
  Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, of the United States Constitution, Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  258 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1409, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1409

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0a50aa2c4cff22d546364d3d09ac69eef555562e3b82935a49cb50c67e81aab4

  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. 1409, 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.