Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5138.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COURTNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 133, August 4, 2023, Page H4165):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Medicare coverage of skilled nursing facility care
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 4, 2023 ↗

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  114 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5138, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5138

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c002c45a7bf1e64285c2fb8dbafbf6df86f8ac8ead2e32175b9927e13becc901

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5138, last updated May 27, 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.