Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5981.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. STEEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 198, November 15, 2021, Page H6267):
  Article 1 Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 15, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5981, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/5981

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7e5fbe0c3165e262283497a8b5e6586d91091b7a510de7d0aca8f9c4bb6bce14

  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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5981, last updated January 3, 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.