Better Deals and Lower Prices Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4846.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ARRINGTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 128, July 25, 2023, Page H3950):
  Article 1 Section 8 of the US Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Requires Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) to report information to Employers annually regarding the net price of prescription medications.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2023 ↗

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  224 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4846, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4846

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4c18ab4776d59c9bbb39f3030f2d0b8fba92f10bab0c8c2f2a80a30ac9a0bee6

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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