Contracting America First Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7604.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BOEBERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 34, February 20, 2026, Page H2234):
  The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 20, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  261 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7604, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7604

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b5e591a15f1cda3c473cf149f0a4f0ebb6f258b08128a1b28b99cf6115395002

  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 27, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7604, last updated February 27, 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.