Health Care Provider Shortage Minimization Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5208.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 136, August 15, 2023, Page H4187):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the treatment of locum tenens physicians and advanced care practitioners as independent contractors to help alleviate physician shortages, including in underserved areas.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 15, 2023 ↗

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  308 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5208, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5208

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ca6ec265291e2ae7594092ad4c32e89cf09b8959deed8c00340fd2374ed9f305

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5208, last updated August 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.