Scientific EXPERT Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9979.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MATSUI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 155, October 11, 2024, Page H5868):
  section 8 of article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: health care
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  97 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9979, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9979

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ca89406440522481287eaceb387c43c7994ced9a5cf6687585ffaac17ad3527e

  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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9979, last updated August 14, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.