To reduce the amount made available to the National Archives and Records Administration unless certain backlogs of the Administration are resolved, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7616.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BENTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 70, April 28, 2022, Page H4609):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  43 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7616, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7616

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d2df521fcfa2634e052fd8f0ec39108addd6563cd12aeb0bc817454e3de6fb4e

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7616, last updated February 4, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.