To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for individual and household assistance in the event of a prolonged power outage, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10899.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEVENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 163, October 22, 2026, Page H6058):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 22, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  135 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10899, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10899

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a9d47ceb2539160304c62cec61a5d29a4129056e960648a9d7cb08e9c955fa58

  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.

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