Diagnostic Lab Testing Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3248.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 80, May 11, 2023, Page H2312):
  The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; The single subject of this legislation is: To lower costs for and improve the health of patients.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 11, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  359 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3248, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3248

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e2ebec8913d566fd8d0a2009da6fefcfca7bafe58680fcba4d92af2fa3f0db42

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3248, last updated May 27, 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.