Affordable Power for Host Communities Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10738.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GALLAGHER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 157, October 5, 2026, Page H6027):
  The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the Necessary and Proper Clause under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 5, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  152 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10738, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10738

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4dd7d9034d93db5ff2b71d7a1e07259ab61e807c55bafe0d3c63f121dd27cfa0

  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 15, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10738, last updated October 15, 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.