Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5434.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 148, September 13, 2023, Page H4297):
  The Constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under the Medicaid program and CHIP.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 13, 2023 ↗

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  278 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5434, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5434

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  23a2188dcf333cc10080b3088b12b04b754207a74ee2f0d18077e49a6af02237

  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 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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