Public Health Emergency Response Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4009.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BARRAGAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 102, June 12, 2023, Page H2809):
  Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: The bill establish emergency paid sick leave and expanded family medical leave for individuals impacted by an infectious disease declared a public health emergency.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2023 ↗

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  261 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4009, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4009

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ad643541d2d4289742ec64439ddeb434c933d425df71156d887e6e867ff1c0bc

  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 July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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