For the relief of Roberto Carlos Lopez.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7639.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 34, February 20, 2026, Page H2235):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution: To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the powers enumerated under section 8 and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 20, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  300 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7639, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7639

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a6b23809f8cb8d5f69f2799311424d01deb62e64203508d8b187d65092517d39

  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 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7639, last updated February 23, 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.