CAR Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7582.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 31, February 13, 2026, Page H2225):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7582, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7582

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1f6f4dee0fa68f703c05f953981a95f92f89b3da90978283e92adcfbe132b700

  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 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7582, last updated March 11, 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.