To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require PDP sponsors of a prescription drug plan under part D of the Medicare program that use a formulary to include certain generic drugs and biosimilar biological products on such formulary, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4913.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McKINLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 172, October 30, 2019, Page H8678):
  Article 1 Section 8 Section 8--Powers of Congress. To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 30, 2019 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4913, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4913

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9c7bb8d7014fa203f02dc3b69ade78da715d5f2c7db10e24d901fa23919e139d

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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