ASC Payment Transparency Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6138.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6138, Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Transparency Act of 2018” on July 24, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 17, 2018”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 24, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54290

  CBO publication date

  July 24, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6138, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6138

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7ee9e296a144bd43a192fca5ea7b737ffc4e26a49d78a31b255e0a4ea6a5ce26

• 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. 115-831 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on July 17, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 17, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/831

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6138, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6138

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7ee9e296a144bd43a192fca5ea7b737ffc4e26a49d78a31b255e0a4ea6a5ce26

  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. NUNES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 102, June 19, 2018, Page H5285):
  Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 19, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  76 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6138, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6138

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7ee9e296a144bd43a192fca5ea7b737ffc4e26a49d78a31b255e0a4ea6a5ce26

  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. 6138, 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.