Common Cents Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10167.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. McCLAIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 136, August 27, 2026, Page H5258):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 5 of the United States Constitution, which grants Congress the power ``To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin''; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which grants Congress the power ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 27, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  341 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10167, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10167

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c2857f9db345c5ed08bd836d3fe92e2673a8de71d9f14d0161489a8157429f3d

  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 15, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10167, last updated October 15, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 19, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.