Build America First Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10309.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OGLES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 180, December 5, 2024, Page H6414):
  Article I, Section VIII of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Makes certain funds available to provide assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in response to Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 5, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  304 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10309, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10309

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a1cd53ddf9e1aae3637b33345bfe25c0f21843270938762b896fc7f15a76ffe2

  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 August 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10309, last updated August 21, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.