FLEX Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7082.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7082, FLEX Act” on April 7, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on January 21, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 7, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62304

  CBO publication date

  April 7, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7082, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7082

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2972c33257efc8de5182db7d5e13a16d449c0092b62e789e0b5bebd46bc124c0

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-651 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on May 13, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported May 13, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/651

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7082, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7082

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2972c33257efc8de5182db7d5e13a16d449c0092b62e789e0b5bebd46bc124c0

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MACKENZIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 11, January 15, 2026, Page H920):
  Article 1 Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7082, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7082

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2972c33257efc8de5182db7d5e13a16d449c0092b62e789e0b5bebd46bc124c0

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7082, 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.