To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals entitled to Medicare Part A to make contributions to health savings accounts.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5709.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. FISCHBACH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 156, September 26, 2023, Page H4500):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: A bill related to Health Savings Accounts.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2023 ↗

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  105 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5709, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5709

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e0b5715848777b881a2aad2b4b8b83c45543fd367656020486d3fb9a75a6ba4b

  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.

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