To prohibit Joint Fundraising Committees that include federal candidates and Independent Expenditure-Only Political Committees from making disbursements on paid media.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10825.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 161, October 15, 2026, Page H6046):
  Section I Article 8 Section 18 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 15, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10825, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10825

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 16, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9ac2096101c729b703302b56fb80b5ce51e19c738f7f29a173db67fb5950365f

  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 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10825, last updated October 16, 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.