MACH Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 477.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FONG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 9, January 16, 2025, Page H222):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  93 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 477, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/477

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 13, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4e8c9b875713076855f53d18f650a80677543d0297519454685cb4f5f5efe8d4

  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 January 13, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 477, last updated January 13, 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.