CLAIM Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10471.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 146, September 16, 2026, Page H5984):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 16, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  167 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10471, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10471

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 3, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  61c042d5e5d77854323c1afcfab539f37c737b036721522a7f90718d5d117568

  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 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10471, last updated October 2, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 3, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.