Protecting Hospitals from Disaster Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7486.

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

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7486, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7486

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9e3b5c0fb2e1a959c21a8f0317fa37903c63bed22c2082f09b86a711555f826d

  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 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7486, last updated February 20, 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.