Safeguarding Medicare Access to Respiratory Therapy Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4945.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIFFITH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 173, October 31, 2019, Page H8719):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  124 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4945, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4945

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  053a503453b7668a8e162ad12f1b2f2e0c6df4d2299ec619eeff92d2dbc12004

  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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4945, last updated January 3, 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.