To require the Secretary of Defense to report on certain contracts and awards to small business concerns, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7076.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHOLTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 10, January 14, 2026, Page H894):
  Article I Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 14, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7076, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7076

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 25, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  13ff25dce8dd11d45cc527e7faa742922abfd21752b3c0984237809111896bcd

  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 February 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7076, last updated February 25, 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.