House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Rural MOMS Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 9, 2019
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2019 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4243.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 143, September 9, 2019, Page H7559):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 9, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4243, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4243
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
10 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 6 Democrats
4 of 10 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Tom Cole (R-OK), Angie Craig (D-MN), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Robert Latta (R-OH), Ben Luján (D-NM), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Xochitl Torres Small.
- H.R. 5273 (116th) Securing America's Ports Act
- H.R. 1912 (116th) DHS Acquisition Documentation Integrity Act of 2019
- H.R. 4891 (116th) Western Water Security Act of 2020
- H.R. 1598 (116th) U.S. Customs and Border Protection Rural and Remote Hiring and Retention Strategy Act of 2019
- H.R. 5824 (116th) Federal Law Enforcement Training Research and Reporting Act of 2020
- H.R. 6956 (116th) Farming Support to States Act of 2020
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.