Better Care Better Jobs Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 547.

• 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. 17, January 26, 2023, Page H429):
  The Constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 26, 2023 ↗

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  137 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 547, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/547

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  30e8914edc97b6c14c518e8cd33ce868ca8362bd893eaffb837bf1b672b35b28

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 547, last updated December 5, 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.