Advancing Safe Medications for Moms and Babies Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8651.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CASTOR of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 77, May 4, 2026, Page H3337):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution provides Congress with the authority to ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfare'' of Americans.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 4, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  159 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8651, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8651

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  29cbdf4b3b82ab434e02c7e9c731316946bf10e2bca1da010c1d2a9d031e2c3e

  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. 8651, 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.