To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 246.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. NOEM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H96):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 246, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/246

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c8dfb310e05f497adafbd173e49c7030bf681aa36932cd4975624eb4be6b4c68

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 246, last updated January 3, 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.