CFTC Office of the Chief Economist Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7488.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRESNAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 29, February 11, 2026, Page H2187):
  Section 8 of Article 1 of the 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. 7488, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7488

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  76fd5d3e16e54e314f6ec041374e1adea52a811978b938926a81bedf1eeb8848

  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 September 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7488, last updated September 11, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.