STORK Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10808.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN EPPS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 160, October 13, 2026, Page H6040):
  Under Article I, Section 8, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers and all Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department of Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 13, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  312 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10808, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10808

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  285d099ccb8ca7e04aeb85befaab555d4c1b718bc3421f62ae4d93e0b204ce8a

  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 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10808, last updated October 14, 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.