State Health Flexibility Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 352.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROKITA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 4, January 6, 2017, Page H195):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause I (the Spending Clause) of the United States Constitution states that ``The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay for Debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States. The bill also makes specific changes to existing law in a manner that returns power to the states, in accordance with Amendment X of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 6, 2017 ↗

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  445 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 352, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/352

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d4fece6922813563b465a2aa389d25f87f06de21585d8c5942bb9003b71d14e0

  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 August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 352, last updated August 11, 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.