Critical Access Hospital RIP Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9163.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 95, June 4, 2026, Page H3909):
  Article 1, Section 8, clause 3, provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  167 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9163, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9163

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 1, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d8a87f38ff1b9eb306c3f1744e1efc5ddd3787592dee853c64b6d7977ce4d197

  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 July 1, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9163, last updated July 1, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.