District of Columbia Medicaid Fairness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5815.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLOUD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 177, October 24, 2025, Page H4553):
  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.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 24, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  232 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5815, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5815

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cb1335f461dde335cc076e52591e987f41fb5c84e22f0b47fa3f426bf088e23e

  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 January 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5815, last updated January 14, 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.