Show Me the Science Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9249.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 127, August 2, 2024, Pages H4972-H4973):
  Article 1, Section 8, clause 18 Allows Congress to make all laws ``which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution'' any ``other'' powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: Requires the publication of scientific data, incident data, or other pertinent data relied on by an agency to justify a rule.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 2, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  389 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9249, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9249

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 17, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c612284bb87da5428c40fbb917ef21757f2b17e6e8c910db069a63211289fac8

  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 September 17, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9249, last updated September 17, 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.