Medicare CHOICE Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5686.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5686, the Medicare Clear Health Options in Care for Enrollees Act of 2018” on June 11, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 9, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 11, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54002

  CBO publication date

  June 11, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5686, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5686

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d7a548cd58015e0ae3c4bec53cdfb1f14ae08016caa26284e38f27717a258a85

• 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. 115-741 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on June 12, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 12, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/741

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5686, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5686

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d7a548cd58015e0ae3c4bec53cdfb1f14ae08016caa26284e38f27717a258a85

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAULSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 73, May 7, 2018, Page H3782):
  Article I, Section 8 To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  253 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5686, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5686

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d7a548cd58015e0ae3c4bec53cdfb1f14ae08016caa26284e38f27717a258a85

  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. 5686, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.