Save MEDICARE Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9544.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DOGGETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 109, June 30, 2026, Page H4365):
  Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  69 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9544, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9544

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f279c6f748b8dc4d60e6790c738c2537e64fda4bfcb14660e27b658b0b85eaa1

  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 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9544, last updated July 23, 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.