To amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to promote transparency in science, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10737.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 157, October 5, 2026, Page H6027):
  Congress is granted the authority to introduce and enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 5, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  132 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10737, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10737

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 6, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 7, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7b80be1d4dc80ef09b3263ed9ed29fd826cfa76cb76ec513f877f50873769fda

  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 6, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10737, last updated October 6, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 7, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.