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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10781.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARIDOPOLOS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 159, October 9, 2026, Page H6036):
  U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the forgoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 9, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  323 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10781, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10781

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  81d492f5af28e14505d94279df32889b5a9d56a3df723ee61a0afb5b6daa635d

  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 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10781, last updated October 20, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.