Medical License Verification Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9802.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEAN of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 150, September 25, 2024, Page H5830):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to verify whether a health care provider is licensed in good standing before issuing the provider a unique health identifier.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 25, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9802, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9802

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6c94bcf793140e50ecfd5b7fbe161583ee82c654de446a8cf3165e7523ae18bc

  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 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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