Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2797.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BLUMENAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 97, June 7, 2017, Page H4701):
  This bill modifies the Social Security Act, which Congress enacted pursuant to its powers under the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, we well as its powers to tax and spend for the general welfare. Congress has the power under those provisions to enact this legislation as well.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 7, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  286 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2797, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2797

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d59d52d9b1f6dee9d154c27a272af7b74771055670e5e6022cfd4d6c1c3f4db0

  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 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2797, last updated January 21, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.