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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9455.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 136, September 3, 2024, Pages H5026-H5027):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; ... The single subject of this legislation is: Report
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 3, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  247 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9455, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9455

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 26, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7de2b7d204897543945c8efb1ea44166421e85b406f1889a80cbe9b1f5fc6175

  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 November 26, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9455, last updated November 26, 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.