House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Frontline Innovation Act
Official title: To evaluate and invest in Ukrainian defense technologies.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedOct 9, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 9, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10772.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COSTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 159, October 9, 2026, Page H6036):Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (to provide for the common defense and to pay the debts and provide for the general welfare); clause 12 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (to raise and support armies); clause 13 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (to provide and maintain a navy); clause 14 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces); and clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 9, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 626 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10772, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10772
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.