Second Chances for Rural Hospitals Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8246.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8246, Second Chances for Rural Hospitals 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

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61117

  CBO publication date

  December 20, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8246, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8246

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6068ac62a85d1a0896fc95f0414f3811a81266b37ae081c911b4104f999fdee9

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-957 ↗. 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 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/957

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8246, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8246

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6068ac62a85d1a0896fc95f0414f3811a81266b37ae081c911b4104f999fdee9

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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. ARRINGTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 78, May 6, 2024, Page H2875):
  Article I Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Providing a lookback for rural emergency hospital designations.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 6, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  126 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8246, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8246

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6068ac62a85d1a0896fc95f0414f3811a81266b37ae081c911b4104f999fdee9

  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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