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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1422.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SIMPSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 43, March 7, 2023, Page H1152):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve oral health care and dental benefits under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  219 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1422, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1422

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f718fc660f5e18157f8fb842c3be141fa6615e884a8427f34e6e2198d334cd30

  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 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1422, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.