Plain Prescription Prices Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7970.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 62, April 11, 2024, Page H2318):
  Article I, section 8, clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to issue a rule requiring direct-to-consumer television advertisements for prescription drugs that are covered by Medicare or Medicaid to include a textual statement of the drug's list price.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 11, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7970, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7970

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  13e402ac086eb1d9c217b2abb0efce19d374cff02fcf88e8eca5f4b396a57a89

  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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