Federal Parity for CASH Research Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7196.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 19, February 1, 2024, Page H389):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; . . . The single subject of this legislation is: Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the impacts of seasonal and nonresident homeownership on data collected by the Census Bureau.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 1, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  389 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7196, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7196

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5bb14c52ee281674aca7bbea7bb6881d9c11dc344046ef7ec46a6b4edaf6ca63

  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. 7196, last updated February 4, 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.