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Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7249.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 21, February 6, 2024, Page H503):
  Article I Section 8 and Article I Section 9, Clause 7 The single subject of this legislation is: Requires the President to submit the yearly budget and National Security Strategy before being invited to give a State of the Union Address.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 6, 2024 ↗

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  237 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7249, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7249

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cb4e8eb8fb9b713b00594afa89a268f9b57cf525b72e0f5dbe9803c6ac87adc7

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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