21st Century FTC Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10540.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CASTOR of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 152, September 24, 2026, Page H6004):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution provides Congress with the authority to ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfare'' of Americans.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 24, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  159 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10540, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10540

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 5, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 6, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ddb861f4fbec0b2649d31938dbc04bc4b4836278b27797fa90a76944c31df3f1

  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 5, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10540, last updated October 5, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 6, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.