To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a definition of essential health system in statute.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7397.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. TRAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 30, February 15, 2024, Page H680):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: Healthcare
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 15, 2024 ↗

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  85 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7397, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7397

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3825bcbc49e02f4e3764c23164902bec58f25cf45bf4d64ff007b06083ebb656

  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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