Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6313.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 6313, Responsible Additions and Increases to Sustain Employee Health Benefits Act of 2018” 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 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/54300

  CBO publication date

  July 25, 2018

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6313, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6313

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  295c0c1abbb652147ff17639e4b39966b7f94e60a225ff135b083c919ccf3547

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-853 ↗. 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/853

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6313, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6313

  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. STIVERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 113, July 6, 2018, Page H5991):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 6, 2018 ↗

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  Statement length

  293 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6313, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6313

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  295c0c1abbb652147ff17639e4b39966b7f94e60a225ff135b083c919ccf3547

  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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