Critical Minerals Security Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7662.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HOULAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 45, March 13, 2024, Page H1181):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Legislating
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 13, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  109 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7662, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7662

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6a8558befedcb6e8f46a60c09e64ceb1c750dc95bf12f187817cd489042eab98

  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 January 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7662, last updated January 9, 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.