PREPARE ACT of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7709.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SPANBERGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 47, March 15, 2024, Page H1189):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Create an emergency supply of key ingredients used in essential generic medicines and incentive domestic manufacturing of these ingredients.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 15, 2024 ↗

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  204 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7709, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7709

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 16, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a1dfc08ceb460302669722ddba8b83fdffc04fa711291c536c6579536017b613

  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 16, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7709, last updated December 16, 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.