To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to enhance pharmacy benefit manager transparency requirements.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7717.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLEGO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 48, March 19, 2024, Page H1235):
  The Constitutional authority of Congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Healthcare
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2024 ↗

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  191 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7717, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7717

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8f6fb7f9a2eff8e3a2c7536d8dcf9af0c9cd22980123da5d46cdb9a87101e4a8

  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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