Protecting Motherhood Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7235.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BIGGS of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 16, January 23, 2026, Page H1912):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7235, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7235

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3e3abe04f7d0c2b16f5b11a7ca52503f23534e5b32163516625e9f707804e66d

  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 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7235, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.