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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7942.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 62, April 11, 2024, Page H2317):
  Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18) THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for The single subject of this legislation is: Foreign Affairs and National Security
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  328 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7942, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7942

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 14, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f5f98403f8268e6d71ed4a1df08d82c228d258b81a7e50eb966687f9227560fd

  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 June 14, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7942, last updated June 14, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.