Put Patients First Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5036.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 180, November 12, 2019, Page H8784):
  Article I Section 8 Clause 10 provides Congress with the power ``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 ofthe United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 12, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  298 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5036, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5036

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1cb446092fb342fcd22dfa73564a2995b03f62622cad6191bd7e758972a49714

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5036, last updated December 5, 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.