Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 987.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 987, MORE Health Education Act” on April 29, 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 29, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55176

  CBO publication date

  April 29, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 987, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/987

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 987, Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act” on May 13, 2019. CBO’s description reads “Rules Committee Print 116-14”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 13, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55233

  CBO publication date

  May 13, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 987, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/987

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c6460e9a535b8d2e7c9e0d8545a78535ec8fe1e560b123bce92c7966f65b3d9f

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-53 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on May 10, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 10, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/53

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 987, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/987

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c6460e9a535b8d2e7c9e0d8545a78535ec8fe1e560b123bce92c7966f65b3d9f

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 23, February 6, 2019, Page H1392):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; 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 of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  551 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 987, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/987

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c6460e9a535b8d2e7c9e0d8545a78535ec8fe1e560b123bce92c7966f65b3d9f

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

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