Fiscal State of the Nation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7026.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 9, January 13, 2026, Page H718):
  Congress has the authority to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, including its powers over the federal budget, oversight of the executive branch, and the authority to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out those powers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  274 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7026, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7026

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dc0e159c7d7787d8e8a7f98472c50bd3fe94c7b686ba6caacb695ea9015fb374

  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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7026, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.