Pharmacist Conscience Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 279.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 9, January 11, 2023, Page H205):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  40 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 279, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/279

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 31, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e18d5c7f88b120aba2d269864027f79ff4d2831b7a674dd7561ac095a223ebf8

  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 31, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 279, last updated December 31, 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.