Yes in God's Backyard Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6957.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BARRAGAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 4, January 7, 2026, Page H135):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the US Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  53 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6957, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6957

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 18, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7beaf9de530c9180d2631cc65e7671fbcd2372461c94684ebef5193587f9c5aa

  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 18, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6957, last updated February 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.