Ensuring Access to Lifesaving Drugs Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3793.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SLOTKIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 97, June 5, 2023, Page H2741):
  To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would expand FDA's authority to engage with manufacturers of medical countermeasures and lifesaving drugs facing shortages, and require those manufacturers to extend the expiration dates of those drugs if it is safe to do so.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 5, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  511 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3793, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3793

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  758b0888251049d3b6739a128d5161f135d1abe372edacb02a00e6c657ebdb15

  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. 3793, 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.