To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B of the Medicare program by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1898.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 58, April 4, 2017, Page H2698):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to: Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 4, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1898, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1898

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f78c7e5e1d890484980faae95136e047614bc8273f380f99c04a1c4eb7f266ab

  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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