Paperwork Burden Reduction Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3797.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3797, the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act” on June 26, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 7, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 26, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59313

  CBO publication date

  June 26, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3797, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3797

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ea7357332a942fcf1ca0659833261bab95a6df4275bfed1bbad45a141ce81233

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-110 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on June 13, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 13, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/110

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3797, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3797

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ea7357332a942fcf1ca0659833261bab95a6df4275bfed1bbad45a141ce81233

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 97, June 5, 2023, Page H2741):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: The single subject of this legislation is to reduce health care paperwork burdens.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 5, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  181 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3797, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3797

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ea7357332a942fcf1ca0659833261bab95a6df4275bfed1bbad45a141ce81233

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3797, 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.