To require zero-based budgeting for departments and agencies of the Government.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 821.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROSS of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1252):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 821, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/821

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  35b327a0857fedf1415b96e9ce67c7c8fe045c04b1a59d31959fc1e0f289f30a

  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 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 821, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.