End Gas Station Heroin Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10272.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOODEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 140, September 3, 2026, Page H5510):
  The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common Defefense and general welfare of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. Thus, Congress has the authority not only to increase taxes, but also, to reduce taxes to promote the general welfare of the United States of America and her citizens. Additionally, Congress has the Constitutional authority to regulate commerce among the States and with Indian Tribes, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 3, 2026 ↗

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  613 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10272, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10272

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 25, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 10, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  afa30e6068bb62ef31f3bfe0b95b0fe3f9d1f95b2e8fd74c34da3cfa019a290f

  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 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10272, last updated September 25, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 10, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.