Lowering Prescription Drug Costs and Extending Community Health Centers and Other Public Health Priorities Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2700.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURGESS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 80, May 14, 2019, Page H3790):
  Article I, Section I, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of legislative powers generally granted to Congress, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution in that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to Congress by that clause ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2019 ↗

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  488 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2700, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2700

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8a8583a6420dd83ac506447a148af8da6e9248dc9976a1e1400d3049eb33d591

  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 January 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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