Protecting American Workers Through H–1B Modernization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10799.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GROTHMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 160, October 13, 2026, Page H6040):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 13, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10799, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10799

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a78b451219a89fb89676ae4410da53cda0ae32844337cfdecbe1f30d8c4019bb

  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 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10799, last updated October 19, 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.