Data Center Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6984.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MENENDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 5, January 8, 2026, Page H253):
  Article 1, Clause 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6984, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6984

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 16, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  de8dd71fe9e2a59dc7aacc2449aa9f4617703de645a1ef9ec8a5fbf4cd27011c

  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 16, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 6984, last updated October 16, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 19, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.