HOSPICE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5821.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5821, Preliminary Estimate of HOSPICE-REFORM” on February 12, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As introduced on February 10, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 12, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56125

  CBO publication date

  February 12, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5821, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5821

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  852fa66adaedfc43ef6b2d53165909176eca849962c5fcb3503d3c3739db3ab2

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5821, Helping Our Senior Population in Comfort Environments Act” on October 2, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on February 12, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 2, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56662

  CBO publication date

  October 2, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5821, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5821

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  852fa66adaedfc43ef6b2d53165909176eca849962c5fcb3503d3c3739db3ab2

• 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 reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-660 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on December 17, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 17, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/660

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5821, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5821

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  852fa66adaedfc43ef6b2d53165909176eca849962c5fcb3503d3c3739db3ab2

  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 Mr. PANETTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 27, February 10, 2020, Page H1017):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5821, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5821

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  852fa66adaedfc43ef6b2d53165909176eca849962c5fcb3503d3c3739db3ab2

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5821, last updated April 7, 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.