DHS Biodetection Improvement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 706.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STRONG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 14, January 23, 2025, Page H389):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  61 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 706, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/706

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  95175abe82eb05d45942257e54a021918cd2bc83f0e199d93ba03fd4ef8e1dc0

  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 July 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 706, last updated July 11, 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.