To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that the President's annual budget submission to Congress list the current fiscal year spending level for each proposed program and a separate amount for any proposed spending increases, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2686.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHRADER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4485):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under: U.S. Const. art. 1, Sec. 1; and U.S. Const. art. 1, Sec. 8, cl. 18. ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  158 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2686, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2686

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  55596075231cb17074fdeaf25b1de5c396ac48323eb51a8e250b68131bd2c473

  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.

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