Medicare Civil and Criminal Penalties Update Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3245.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3245, Medicare Civil and Criminal Penalties Update Act” on November 13, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 4, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 13, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53308

  CBO publication date

  November 13, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3245, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3245

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-448 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 6, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 6, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/448

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3245, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3245

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b5f71625bea30d6303c084c02d229dfe3aa241c7f51c932f60863e4aba9b351f

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 119, July 14, 2017, Page H5885):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 1 By Miss RICE of New York: H.R. 3246. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section VIII
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  167 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3245, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3245

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b5f71625bea30d6303c084c02d229dfe3aa241c7f51c932f60863e4aba9b351f

  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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