Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings Accounts Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6311.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6311, Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans Act of 2018” on July 24, 2018. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on July 19, 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/54279

  CBO publication date

  July 24, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6311, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6311

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  932b0d31080df28e64d11dc888632cc73cb481751a241d0d1e9109308cd0adab

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-849 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on July 19, 2018.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 19, 2018 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/849

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6311, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6311

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROSKAM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 113, July 6, 2018, Page H5991):
  [[ Page H5981 ]] Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1--the power to lay and collect taxes Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18--necessary and proper clause
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 6, 2018 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  144 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6311, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6311

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  932b0d31080df28e64d11dc888632cc73cb481751a241d0d1e9109308cd0adab

  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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