SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 955.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 27, February 9, 2023, Page H829):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill allows for payment under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services of certain low-cost items and services that are furnished at off-campus outpatient departrnents.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 955, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/955

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  366b38be7337d739118b64e2374506e5520b4af241f7d362eb320c7f2ee90fa1

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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