Royalty Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7853.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIFFITH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 56, April 2, 2024, Page H2135):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To require executive branch employees to report certain royalties
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 2, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  233 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7853, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7853

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cf536c187a1b39074146bc6f8473037dee9d7927558d0509a11b5a9f2ad1fed6

  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 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7853, 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.