Patient Right to Shop Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4712.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HARSHBARGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 123, July 18, 2023, Page H3701):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Healthcare
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 18, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  108 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4712, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4712

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  472462e7a44c14608645552a0cf0cf1645ec7d841c2eaeec2067d166c77dda7f

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4712, 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.