Science Appropriations Act, 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5342.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-272 ↗.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 10, 2026 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/272

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5342, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5342

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  83bdaa2521043f9dc04ff9e9419af18e73b1477f073af47a00fbeca6617a2615

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 150, September 15, 2025, Page H4311):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (the appropriation power), which states: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . . .'' In addition, clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution (the spending power) provides: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . . . to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . . .'' Together, these specific constitutional provisions establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 15, 2025 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  805 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5342, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5342

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  83bdaa2521043f9dc04ff9e9419af18e73b1477f073af47a00fbeca6617a2615

  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 (as of April 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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