To amend title 40, United States Code, to permit commercial filmmaking and photography on the United States Capitol grounds, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7162.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 13, January 20, 2026, Page H949):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 20, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7162, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7162

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 3, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f6812ef8b0d41c320e6b08ef56aec2859a71f202296ae5efd827aed623ed9488

  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 June 3, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7162, last updated June 3, 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.