ORPHAN Cures Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 946.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 23, February 4, 2025, Page H460):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 946, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/946

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  80c0edc2e6b9c0a98b2a51dd3b59d8012aaecfd3ab78355443ae4e8068ebaf44

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 946, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.