Samier Amer Foster Care Improvement Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10865.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 163, October 22, 2026, Page H6058):
  The Constitutional authority of Congress to enact legislation provided by Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 22, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  129 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10865, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10865

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b27ad01e43dab929ca9e6371a696a6bf01fc30e6063a85d9656b2588438d580e

  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 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10865, last updated October 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.