Medicaid Dental Benefit Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1342.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BARRAGAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 41, March 3, 2023, Page H1114):
  Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill modifies dental coverage under Medicaid
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  146 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1342, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1342

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f23e3b2ec151bfd67420ea2b6f23a45a6b194111f650c0356262379f1f83c2c4

  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. 1342, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.