LymeX Authorization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7482.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 29, February 11, 2026, Page H2187):
  Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  43 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7482, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7482

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 1, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 2, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f2b96304ccae3ab9e5c6468c623b5a19de9aa74323c4b81bda136b8b61246101

  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 October 1, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7482, last updated October 1, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 2, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.