Rural Physician Workforce Preservation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8235.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8235, Rural Physician Workforce Preservation Act” on December 20, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 8, 2024, and June 27, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 20, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61114

  CBO publication date

  December 20, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8235, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8235

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  449965f775a3822f613666ae22d3cf4b175a0fa91ec61213860ec714ba48a340

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-960 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on December 27, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 27, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/960

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8235, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8235

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  449965f775a3822f613666ae22d3cf4b175a0fa91ec61213860ec714ba48a340

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MURPHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 76, May 2, 2024, Page H2835):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modify the distribution of certain additional graduate medical education positions under the Medicare program.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 2, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  225 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8235, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8235

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  449965f775a3822f613666ae22d3cf4b175a0fa91ec61213860ec714ba48a340

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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