Maternity Care for Rural Communities Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10728.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 157, October 5, 2026, Page H6027):
  This legislation is introduced pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 5, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  89 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10728, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10728

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  70d5158bc8ff6ec0ec36ea37ec3164ad51b99ec663cca3f8a66bc3db27c156a0

  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 October 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10728, last updated October 20, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.