Save Rural Hospitals Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2957.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 105, June 20, 2017, Page H4994):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 (General Welfare) and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 (Commerce) of the Constitution. The bill makes several changes to the way hospitals are regulated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This includes transaction between hospitals, CMS, and third parties, which constitutes commerce. Further, Medicare is considered to be constitutional as part of providing for the general welfare and therefore any changes to Medicare would fall under this provision as well.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 20, 2017 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2957, 115th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2957

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

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  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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