Coronavirus Medicaid Response Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1353.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LEE of Nevada, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 36, February 25, 2021, Page H731):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 1 provides Congress with the power to ``lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises'' in order to ``provide for the . . . general Welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  197 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1353, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1353

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cb67ba87629ccafde3d9285e8f154984483aae7cd4d6d60c6d800aad5adeafcf

  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.R. 1353, 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.