HELLPP Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1634.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 50, March 17, 2023, Page H1295):
  Pursuant to claise 7 of Rule XII of the rules of the House of Representatives, the following statement is submitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill adds podiatrists as covered physicians under the Medicaid program and revises certain documentation requirements related to Medicare coverage of therapeutic shoes for individuals with diabetes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2023 ↗

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  602 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1634, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1634

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  91e5046fc55db8773db9eae1eb806b170e52cb9aad33919fe8cdebe4ddf0835b

  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. 1634, 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.