Simon Crosier Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6344.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaTURNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 186, November 9, 2023, Page H5670):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Impost and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: Requiring health care providers, as a condition of Medicare and Medicaid participation, to limit implementation of do- not-resuscitate orders for unemancipated minors without the informed consent of at least one parent.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 9, 2023 ↗

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  484 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6344, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6344

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2e184e32c18dd7a5177e48b4a789801e37baf9f6a5f4f8b96542a1a2189cd54c

  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. 6344, 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.