Federal Bureau of Prisons Medical Care Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8948.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 112, July 8, 2024, Page H4477):
  clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would eliminate the copay the Federal Bureau of Prisons imposes on individuals in its custody when they visit a health care provider.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 8, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  242 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8948, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8948

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 20, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  06ad286ca2b0a9d273cf800c3974034c3de5ea3c04202e56060fea118948745b

  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 August 20, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8948, last updated August 20, 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.