Reporting Accountability and Abuse Prevention Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6972.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMUCKER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 4, January 7, 2026, Page H135):
  Section VIII of Article I of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 7, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  50 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6972, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6972

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bca5bcdff6d5f4b21f885fd3a8d1a5667463f4a362bedef832ca2737845cfcb7

  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 October 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6972, last updated October 21, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.