To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to establish a definition of essential health system in statute and for other related purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7145.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. TRAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 12, January 16, 2026, Page H925):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2026 ↗

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  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7145, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7145

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 3, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  92532e9639b4c530936268ce6c5776484fc82e869eedbffdf4e85481294bba09

  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 October 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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