To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for a special rule during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 for the redistribution of certain Children's Health Insurance Program allocations for certain shortfall States.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4515.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 196, December 1, 2017, Page H9598):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following : Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 1, 2017 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4515, 115th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4515

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

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  September 21, 2026

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  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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