Rural Health Care Facilities Revitalization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5989.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CARAVEO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 172, October 19, 2023, Page H5032):
  Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18) THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for The single subject of this legislation is: To authorize rural health facilities to use certain Federal agricultural credit assistance for the purpose of refinancing debt obligations, updating necessary services, technology, and equipment, and supporting ancillary needs.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 19, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5989, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5989

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 8, 2024

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  September 14, 2026

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  a481908575b243da3339ab65e044654f04ad49466b57a1aeac9ae3080c08292c

  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 October 8, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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