Better Care Better Jobs Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4131.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 110, June 24, 2021, Page H3134):
  The Constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 24, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  137 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4131, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4131

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e4047d5880e55229cd7fcb03282562bb2210cd419252d929fcdb0706b4ad929c

  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 January 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4131, last updated January 21, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.