HEAL Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5277.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 148, September 10, 2025, Page H4239):
  Article I Section 8 Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5277, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5277

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 31, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f278fd7fc4ed65ee7f6463a512af5e92a685d801c0c6697acfa1b7b669be615b

  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 July 31, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5277, last updated July 31, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.