Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7266.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7266, Rural and Municipal Utility Cybersecurity Act” on April 14, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 5, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 14, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62335

  CBO publication date

  April 14, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7266, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7266

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-629 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 30, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 30, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/629

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7266, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7266

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 19, January 27, 2026, Page H1916):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 27, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7266, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7266

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  060dc78a272ce0ced049fbdefc392bcb20b70e9887bfb8e236e56cfb7d4244bf

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7266, 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.