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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10131.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MULLIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 134, August 20, 2026, Page H5249):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 20, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10131, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10131

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f25847dd65e57e288b2ef4f4c441ccf93f5be15e97869382a9d11c8bab5f9103

  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 October 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10131, last updated October 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.