To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include expenses relating to membership in health care sharing ministries to qualify for the deduction for medical expenses, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3426.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 83, May 17, 2023, Page H2428):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 The sing ie subject of this legislation is: To include expenses relating to membership in health care sharing ministries to qualify for the deduction for medical expenses.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  202 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3426, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3426

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 20, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  348377467d790f272153746857b2269b4c4935f8356e9a8bd3e5dece09b7593c

  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 20, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3426, last updated December 20, 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.