Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 548.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DENT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 9, January 13, 2017, Page H547):
  In the power of Congress to provide forthe general welfare, to regulate commerce, and to make all laws which shall be necessary and propert for carrying intoexecutiion Federal powers (section 8 article I of the Constitution)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2017 ↗

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  224 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 548, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/548

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c9d015527dff56aab3dbb0e53c8770fd6a8a64590255dfa21e93159dedc06942

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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