Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4143.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 173, October 26, 2017, Page H8271):
  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 October 26, 2017 ↗

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  239 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4143, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4143

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4de8492fa44b39741820a2961261451767d408af971e3b698fe3ce2d4ee991ac

  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. 4143, 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.