Georgetown VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinic Authorization Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7489.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 29, February 11, 2026, Page H2187):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  72 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7489, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7489

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cfc28f6617dfd5a021830d8eadaa1b9648365b6f59099e7583e502ab99f44fdf

  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 March 7, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7489, last updated March 7, 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.