Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3635.

• 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. 169, No. 88, May 24, 2023, Page H2597):
  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: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure fairness in Medicare hospital payments by establishing a floor for the area wage index applied with respect to certain hospitals.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 24, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  366 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3635, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3635

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  98cb2fef52eec488a23ccf4474aa16ee1a2ffa3171ed19264bcda1c5b9454702

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3635, last updated May 27, 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.