Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5159.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SEWELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 133, August 4, 2023, Page H4166):
  Congress shall have the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Office thereof Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure stability in payments to home health agencies under the Medicare program.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 4, 2023 ↗

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  467 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5159, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5159

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7622c5de68af9dcc9a9e5ba9b22ccc7378e6567ad223179186b89243aad08574

  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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