ORPHAN Cures Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5539.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 150, September 18, 2023, Page H4382):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all laws that shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof The single subject of this legislation is: Healthcare
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2023 ↗

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  311 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5539, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5539

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  44c36c57bff67dd136502c8498451be30a02f7513f711254b1f288608886924d

  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. 5539, 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.