Medication Automated Quotation System, or MEDAQ, Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6593.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 126, July 26, 2018, Page H7726):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, Clause 3: The Congress shall have Power * * * to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. Under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power * * * To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 26, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  531 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6593, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6593

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1785f7856f87f9b2c31a808aa3d77c73ac7e2d77777aedf4ec7b11d659112e1e

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6593, last updated August 11, 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.