Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALLONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 70, April 22, 2021, Page H2107):
  Under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: [The Congress shall have Power] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 22, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  169 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ba0036e0f026f305eef820e0879f9de6fa5916413f7d8aca1fef578209175568

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3, last updated July 21, 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.