Pregnant Women in Custody Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 982.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 28, February 10, 2023, Page H833):
  This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18). Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall have no hearing. The single subject of this legislation is: criminal justice
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  478 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 982, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/982

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  030df820ede54b20e6218f7a6bc6b6761fe52abc99575f27e25bab50b208375a

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 982, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.