ITAM Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3727.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3727, Increasing Telehealth Access in Medicare Act” on September 26, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Committee on Ways and Means on September 13, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53136

  CBO publication date

  September 26, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3727, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3727

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6b8e4b0a11e08ff7347a01dfbd2696be9e77eb5c31e651682233bbb598aafa61

• 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. 115-480 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on December 21, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 21, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/480

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3727, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3727

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6b8e4b0a11e08ff7347a01dfbd2696be9e77eb5c31e651682233bbb598aafa61

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BLACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 146, September 11, 2017, Page H7223):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 11, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  239 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3727, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3727

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6b8e4b0a11e08ff7347a01dfbd2696be9e77eb5c31e651682233bbb598aafa61

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3727, last updated April 7, 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.