Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8261.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-891 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on December 17, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 17, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/891

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8261, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8261

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f0673ad22d5b3926d5f8b52608c128d7181f86c8fae153651e5ed91682dd95fe

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHWEIKERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 79, May 7, 2024, Page H2937):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend certain flexibilities and payment adjustments under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  218 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8261, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8261

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f0673ad22d5b3926d5f8b52608c128d7181f86c8fae153651e5ed91682dd95fe

  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 (as of May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8261, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.