BLOCKING Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 938.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 938, Bringing Low-cost Options and Competition while Keeping Incentives for New Generics Act of 2019” on April 30, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 3, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 30, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55187

  CBO publication date

  April 30, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 938, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/938

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e230ebf3e935514b3bb4e668ced7c7e8830d86a015e88abef51201a7ed749dc

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-46 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on May 2, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 2, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/46

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 938, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/938

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e230ebf3e935514b3bb4e668ced7c7e8830d86a015e88abef51201a7ed749dc

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHRADER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 20, January 31, 2019, Page H1342):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  134 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 938, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/938

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e230ebf3e935514b3bb4e668ced7c7e8830d86a015e88abef51201a7ed749dc

  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. 938, 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.