Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 849.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 849, Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act” on October 27, 2017. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on October 4, 2017”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 27, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53262

  CBO publication date

  October 27, 2017

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 849, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/849

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7144632803b83895c5c414ce71b26bd56f6ba86935ea5b30cf2bce4b7acd67d5

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 115-373 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on October 31, 2017.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 31, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/115/HRPT/373

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 849, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/849

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7144632803b83895c5c414ce71b26bd56f6ba86935ea5b30cf2bce4b7acd67d5

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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. ROE of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 19, February 3, 2017, Page H977):
  The repeal of this provision is consistent with the powers that are reserved to the States and to the people as expressed in Amendment X to the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 3, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  171 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 849, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/849

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7144632803b83895c5c414ce71b26bd56f6ba86935ea5b30cf2bce4b7acd67d5

  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. 849, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.