Childhood Cancer Clinical Trials Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5647.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 153, September 21, 2023, Page H4458):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require out of-network coverage for qualified individuals diagnosed with a rare pediatric disease participating in approved clinical trials, and for other purposes
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2023 ↗

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  284 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5647, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5647

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5d015aa351c84901e21172605ef94a1cf36f11299545804c96824a477fb5e02f

  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 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5647, last updated December 19, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.