Transparency in Billing Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4509.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-258 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on November 1, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/258

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4509, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4509

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  161e21b70b5ad672982639e3c26a4c34eac61d7876d216e94a5b981e51c9c191

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FOXX, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 117, July 10, 2023, Page H3177):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group health insurance coverage to only pay claims submitted by hospitals that have in place policies and procedures to ensure accurate billing practices, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  405 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4509, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4509

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  161e21b70b5ad672982639e3c26a4c34eac61d7876d216e94a5b981e51c9c191

  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 (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4509, last updated July 21, 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.