ALS Better Care Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5663.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 153, September 21, 2023, Page H4459):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following:: Section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To create a supplemental, facility-based payment in Medicare for ALS-related services for qualified providers or clinics.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 21, 2023 ↗

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  284 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5663, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5663

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  90f89a6e460e37be75d9f67b63a37337874fbaed34d517c965c63fbce959a06c

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5663, last updated December 6, 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.