Understanding AI in the Classroom Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10042.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WHITESIDES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 126, August 3, 2026, Page H5214):
  U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Sec. 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 3, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  36 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10042, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10042

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e3851969d56d11900d0f5334604cff43c2f601c5995e819b5109e6ebfd665eaf

  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 12, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10042, last updated August 12, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.