Critical Materials Processing Technology Testbed Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4996.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FOSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4144):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: supporting the critical materials supply chain.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  215 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4996, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4996

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0c6c3b854fa06e7a8a9b3756b6d67e5db1ac65f15dd2242f4162c4019b7967a8

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4996, last updated May 27, 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.