HEALTH Panel Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9686.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9686, HEALTH Panel Act” on October 8, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on September 25, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 8, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60783

  CBO publication date

  October 8, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9686, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9686

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9767a1d118c25c5b01fd46de969f9c07ce9747f6b97fd6d328c552b46c83220c

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 146, September 19, 2024, Page H5525):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to codify the Panel of Health Advisors within the Congressional Budget Office, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  256 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9686, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9686

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9767a1d118c25c5b01fd46de969f9c07ce9747f6b97fd6d328c552b46c83220c

  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 committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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