Ensuring Seniors’ Access to Quality Care Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3227.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESTES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 80, May 11, 2023, Page H2311):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill repeals certain restrictions under Medicare and Medicaid that prohibit the approval of nurse-aide training and competency evaluation programs in skilled nursing facilities that have been subject to specified regulatory actions (e.g., civil penalties) for substandard quality of care.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  392 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3227, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3227

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d5b3b6e7ffc969238aa8e37c6380d68f51085d9076adfd9a914cd2088a6cdfd1

  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. 3227, 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.