Medicare Economic Security Solutions Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6490.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PORTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 195, November 28, 2023, Page H5937):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under part B of the Medicare Program to 15 percent and twice the period of no enrollment, and to exclude periods of COBRA, retiree, and VA coverage from such late enrollment penalty.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 28, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  360 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6490, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6490

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8206ddc5fdbf3c32ede8f0844255b47d7d433494255765302473739816b8e99b

  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. 6490, 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.