Emergency Preparedness in Higher Education Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10771.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 159, October 9, 2026, Pages H6035-H6036):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 9, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  117 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10771, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10771

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e2509ff24aba2d79fe582b34d1941df709e9f352fd019c8ffcd0d0e1931be466

  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 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10771, last updated October 21, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.