Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Treasury and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Updating Payment Parameters, Section 1332 Waiver Implementing Regulations, and Improving Health Insurance Markets for 2022 and Beyond".

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 79.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLOUD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 53, March 24, 2022, Page H3865):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 24, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  102 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 79, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hjres/79

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  33629f914d111d980e99a2df30cd43f93efe9c2f5b78348f508edc65fa8d7fff

  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.J.Res. 79, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.