Equity in Research Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10424.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 146, September 16, 2026, Page H5983):
  This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 16, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  122 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10424, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10424

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  151ec873ead596cb180e44cf7cd618b30b576f1abe983963832d6e8e9abfc09b

  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 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10424, last updated October 14, 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.