Critical Minerals Independence Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6826.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VINDMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 213, December 17, 2025, Page H6025):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 17, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6826, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6826

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 24, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  41eccafe43850fba56da2e1d1a01f2b95dcc80039dbe3a06797e08c4f6194193

  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 February 24, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6826, last updated February 24, 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.