PHIT Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6312.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6312, Personal Health Investment Today Act” on July 25, 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 25, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54301

  CBO publication date

  July 25, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6312, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6312

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8470eb06fb268ab302f673f6bfd3094e9ec559c654d1c8033d1e540adfe4d5a1

• 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. 115-846 ↗. 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/846

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6312, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6312

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8470eb06fb268ab302f673f6bfd3094e9ec559c654d1c8033d1e540adfe4d5a1

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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. SMITH of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 113, July 6, 2018, Page H5991):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 6, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6312, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6312

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8470eb06fb268ab302f673f6bfd3094e9ec559c654d1c8033d1e540adfe4d5a1

  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. 6312, 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.