Federal Acquisition Security Council Improvement Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9597.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 143, September 16, 2024, Page H5239):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the Constitution, in that the legislation regulates forms of commerce specified in that clause; and, Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution, in that the legislation ``is necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers'' and ``other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof,'' including the powers of the President specified in Article II of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To reform the Federal Acquisition Security Council.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 16, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  596 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9597, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9597

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ca6bfb9085261b7df3f1eed94e1b4c026f29b46dd1691b7e458a03a072055f6f

  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 January 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9597, last updated January 9, 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.