To provide for citizen engagement on the development and adoption of Federal civilian agency use of artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9044.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JACKSON LEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 116, July 15, 2024, Page H4633):
  Article I Section 8 . . . ''Provide for the common defense and general Welfare of the United States, . . . 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: The bill, should it become law, would establish a process for engaging the American public in a dialogue about Artificial Intelligence and its use by federal civilian agencies. The bill provides for a series of in-person and virtual listening sessions around the nation.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 15, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9044, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9044

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f870c10f2dd14429e9e12735524ce70b935831847246fd0b26f2ed05f86fd714

  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 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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