Lobbyist Loophole Closure Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7231.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. RAMIREZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 15, January 22, 2026, Page H1351):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  61 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7231, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7231

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  53ce4e65f47c5fc4d9c463f16b19c2bfac0c82410016394b7afffa0b66db889f

  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 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7231, last updated February 11, 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.