To amend the Controlled Substances Act to authorize pharmacies to deliver certain controlled substances to an administering practitioner in lieu of delivering such substances to the ultimate user, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4490.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GUTHRIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 116, July 6, 2023, Page H3172):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This is a healthcare issue.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  116 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4490, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4490

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7747765b09701cdcc2e60e1f70343679e225a970ee7e073e65ec3a8edd35157f

  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 August 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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