Patient Debt Relief Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9129.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VASQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 120, July 24, 2024, Page H4914):
  Article 1, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United State Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of the Congress. The single subject of this legislation is: Medical Debt
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 24, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9129, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9129

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  02588b8e3acda2a250c680470af57dd5d16d3fc377b929ee7d7fbaa93d8f1b1c

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9129, last updated December 19, 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.