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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7182.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 14, January 21, 2026, Page H1172):
  Necessary and Proper Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  61 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7182, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7182

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d1a1df56c95b3087fc0a128328e040e7acf88224f9cf0f02bd3d56daa1b06c4d

  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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7182, 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.