Continuing Coverage for Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 383.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 4, January 9, 2019, Page H359):
  Article I, Section 8, 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 Office thereof. The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2019 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 383, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/383

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d13b112c7fd62b9ce13debc4d75bf56237c33f480708803dd88d446605778ab1

  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 December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 383, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.