Long Term Care Stabilization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9173.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMUCKER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 121, July 25, 2024, Page H4951):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section VIII of the U.S. Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to stabilize payments to long-term care hospitals under the Medicare program and to improve patient access.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  309 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9173, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9173

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c584919307e4dc6980f86c07824448a9ce6333579b50db45173cbb8f37c51746

  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 December 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9173, last updated December 19, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.