BID Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1557.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 46, March 10, 2023, Page H1281):
  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; The single subject of this legislation is: Reviewing medical device interoperability standards.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  357 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1557, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1557

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b576218395e4ac82ced69d919c2624207365ef67cf5f156b672489f2807f9f6e

  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. 1557, 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.