Save Struggling Hospitals Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10086.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FERGUSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 161, November 1, 2024, Page H5908):
  ``Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, to ``provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.'' The single subject of this legislation is: This bill amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to codify the Medicare low-wage index hospital policy
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 1, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  290 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10086, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10086

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2af8bc3714ef317e7d6f02f18f33294a3533cd20dfce7add45a5ddc9ade04160

  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 August 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10086, last updated August 15, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.