Deterring Extraterritorial Foreign Exploitation of Networks Damaging Intellectual Property (DEFEND IP) Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10575.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LOFGREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 152, September 24, 2026, Page H6005):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the Constitution of the United States, which grants Congress the power to promote the progress of science and useful arts by securing for limited times to authors the exclusive right to their writings, and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which grants Congress the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution its enumerated powers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 24, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  454 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10575, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10575

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 10, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fa322c03e279871652bc6c51acdce55d9d8e16fa9188b48fb56d09afa15787d7

  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 7, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10575, last updated October 7, 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.