Measuring State Healthcare Freedom Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2857.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. SPARTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 69, April 25, 2023, Pages H1949-H1950):
  Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation of the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct an annual study on health care competition and consolidation at the State level.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 25, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  297 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2857, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2857

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19a36f45d25030fb1ea00c5c7c08fdfab8cb81578f79f368c25c5056999cc9bb

  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. 2857, 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.