INFLUENCE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7842.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 134, July 29, 2020, Page H3981):
  Article l, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  56 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7842, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7842

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4ead912ed5eded4a31f5df8c242620441f4589afaba55eea64c2ddcf0cd77915

  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 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7842, last updated July 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.