To require the Secretary of State to submit a notification to Congress prior to obligating funds for certain art-related purchases, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7028.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7028, a bill to require the Secretary of State to submit a notification to Congress prior to obligating funds for certain art-related purchases, and for other purposes” on January 26, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on January 21, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 26, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62032

  CBO publication date

  January 26, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7028, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7028

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 1, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  23f6b92ae8f77189ec3246f9718e2ae4325db178e7caaaf7d1afd737fe4f2edc

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURCHETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 9, January 13, 2026, Page H718):
  Article 1, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  21 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7028, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7028

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 1, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  23f6b92ae8f77189ec3246f9718e2ae4325db178e7caaaf7d1afd737fe4f2edc

  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 committee report (as of September 1, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7028, last updated September 1, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.