Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3440.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 83, May 17, 2023, Page H2429):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into the Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Office thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Healthcare
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  404 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3440, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3440

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a42a9b1fc03f862072ddb07fed2d1807d63b49cfcf0413d6d2a543d8c130fa3b

  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. 3440, 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.