Rejecting the Erasure of Afghan Women and Girls Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7669.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7669, a bill to require a report that describes the current restrictions imposed by the Taliban on women and girls in Afghanistan since August 2021” on April 15, 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, April 15, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62316

  CBO publication date

  April 15, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7669, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7669

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cc12069d96dc8cfb833dc47bb37b263a130edad80d72fefd2b38cf75879d0bae

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 37, February 25, 2026, Pages H2328-H2329):
  This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. ISec. 8Cl. 18). Further this statement of constitutional authority is made for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall have no bearing on judicial review of the accompanying bill.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2026 ↗

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  Statement length

  459 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7669, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7669

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cc12069d96dc8cfb833dc47bb37b263a130edad80d72fefd2b38cf75879d0bae

  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 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7669, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.