State Offices of Women’s Health Support and Expansion Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9842.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 120, July 22, 2026, Page H5177):
  General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  103 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9842, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9842

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 29, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 30, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e18d2c96eccdd2f9914fb33a0dcb70a4556837dd953ba9bae0e17b318c5b13fd

  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 29, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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