SECURE Minerals Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7126.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WITTMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 11, January 15, 2026, Page H921):
  Congress has the power to provide for protection of critical minerals supply chains and rare earth elements as enacted this legislation is pursuant to clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

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  206 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7126, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7126

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 10, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e6a34cba0f1f62b5ba17ab1b1648742fe0b1eccc904f214fbeb4143bccb14067

  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 October 7, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7126, last updated October 7, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 10, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.