Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “Effects of Drug Price Negotiation Stemming From Title 1 of H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019, on Spending and Revenues Related to Part D of Medicare” on October 11, 2019. CBO’s description reads “Letter to the Honorable Frank Pallone Jr”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 11, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55722

  CBO publication date

  October 11, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3, Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act” on December 10, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As posted by the House Committee on Rules on December 6, 2019 (Rules Committee Print 116 41), and including modifications discussed with staff”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 10, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55936

  CBO publication date

  December 10, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  700f97001aea19553d484deb0af54936555dfd15e3a51a7712570984e05e3c5a

• 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 reportsCongress.gov lists 3 committee reports for this bill: H. Rept. 116-324,Part 3 ↗; H. Rept. 116-324,Part 1 ↗; H. Rept. 116-324,Part 2 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 9, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/324
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/324
  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/324

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WEXTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 173, October 31, 2019, Pages H8720-H8721):
  Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  3,657 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  700f97001aea19553d484deb0af54936555dfd15e3a51a7712570984e05e3c5a

  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 noteA page containing a Rules Committee print dated December 6, 2019, and comparisons to each of the reporting committees' documents is available.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated July 21, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  700f97001aea19553d484deb0af54936555dfd15e3a51a7712570984e05e3c5a

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