Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 437.

• 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. 7, January 11, 2017, Page H391):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant tothe following: This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States,which grants Congress the power to provide for the common Defense of the United States, and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 ofthe Constitution of the United States, which provides Congress the power to make ``all Laws which shall be necessary andproper'' for carrying out the constitutional powers vested in the Government of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2017 ↗

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  524 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 437, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/437

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4fd26f047d4e28b5731b2f83c7f93b9faa6c9b44692a93405b71f816f725818b

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 437, 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.