Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 469.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 8, January 15, 2025, Page H187):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 469, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/469

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d6a7cf018579de98f6dd293f0b476577537864e4df29e1a6ed07d9fa39d3aa07

  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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 469, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.