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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7630.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-521 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on May 23, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/521

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7630, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7630

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  574bbae002c6e7915bb327ecf27f8aa9209bccc07e48bb88bfc2edfc0988f7a4

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MIKE GARCIA of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 44, March 12, 2024, Page H1148):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: To make improvements to the cybersecurity and telecommunication capabilities of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 12, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  452 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7630, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7630

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  574bbae002c6e7915bb327ecf27f8aa9209bccc07e48bb88bfc2edfc0988f7a4

  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 (as of February 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7630, last updated February 2, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.