SAFE Hospitals Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 990.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 30, February 14, 2023, Page H840):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: To update Medicaid DSH formula rates to prioritize funding for hospitals that provide most care to low-income patients.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  269 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 990, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/990

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c60a177f12e44755b8a732cd217cbff8bac57ea0ba7eea9e1a2a6d5b34d419ae

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 990, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.