Lake America Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10196.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PATRONIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 137, August 31, 2026, Page H5362):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 31, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10196, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10196

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8d3fccda605eadf4a32a6e660ba7f3534435582177cf8e9fa6af2a4a880e80ad

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10196, last updated September 9, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.