Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1617.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 50, March 17, 2023, Page H1294):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill allows locum tenens arrangements for physical therapists under Medicare.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2023 ↗

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  232 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1617, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1617

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c18b67e8219ac918163ca3c2482db21c92239956ac9dd7ad694d2a27c2b1f313

  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.

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