Hong Kong Autonomy Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7440.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SHERMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 121, July 1, 2020, Page H3058):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 1, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7440, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7440

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  769191c3f75a27d3d42054317c0d273f78f88f25f66f9660b38169af18064d84

  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 January 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7440, last updated January 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.