WORK to Save Lives Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7479.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 28, February 10, 2026, Page H2119):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  296 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7479, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7479

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dc00bb00c95c0c48f09797c4c9523309f20f960b9a677871803a1f510e52247d

  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 August 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7479, last updated August 14, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.