Philippine Medicare Portability Study Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7442.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOYLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 33, February 23, 2024, Page H693):
  Pursuant to Article one of the United States Constitution Congress has the power to enact this legislation. The single subject of this legislation is: The Medicare Portability Study Act directs GAO to produce a study on the cost-savings of Medicare coverage for U.S. citizens in the Philippines.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 23, 2024 ↗

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  295 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7442, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7442

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ac4525d8d51e15f6f0dcf81237f6c1298ea2bbd12302d18fdb1d9ba76a1f587a

  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. 7442, 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.