To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a one-year waiver of budget neutrality adjustments under the Medicare physician fee schedule, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8505.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURGESS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 172, October 2, 2020, Page H5668):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 2, 2020 ↗

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8505, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/8505

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b5498b32f567c413ab43ada9f6a69b2abeed869ff9e39b97ace21188a6e7805a

  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.

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