CLEAR Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7140.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 12, January 16, 2026, Page H925):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7140, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7140

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 12, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2c1df59c6fa755634aa18aed6e242c0119a17512687ec100b4df64e2d160ace6

  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 12, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7140, last updated February 12, 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.