To extend the authority to carry out the Defense Production Act of 1950.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4609.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 125, July 22, 2025, Page H3554):
  Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4609, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4609

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 18, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  09d5b50f46f8cbc0ebc54a0886a9635da7a3a85140715e938102a19308907aa1

  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 July 18, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4609, last updated July 18, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.