Humanitarian Theft Enforcement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7649.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7649, Humanitarian Theft Enforcement Act” on June 12, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 26, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 12, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62524

  CBO publication date

  June 12, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7649, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7649

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 11, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  247b47666b040429d0a71d3c043bc9538d26e050a0c8d8d967b0b3343ad8565e

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCORMICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 35, February 23, 2026, Page H2258):
  Clause 18 under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 23, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  56 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7649, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7649

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 11, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  247b47666b040429d0a71d3c043bc9538d26e050a0c8d8d967b0b3343ad8565e

  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 committee report (as of September 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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