Medicaid Saves Lives Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4595.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BOURDEAUX, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 128, July 21, 2021, Page H3803):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which reads as follows: 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.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 21, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  395 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4595, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4595

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4530c1d68b8499a29380cfb71dd7a444eeb151fe7b763b75c9d46ecf9266949e

  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. 4595, 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.