SURGE Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7729.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 38, February 26, 2026, Page H2333):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 26, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7729, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7729

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6a37963b26cbf7a4d4890ab261763ccba3f0666651c692d2e4c498aeeb3b4190

  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 27, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7729, last updated March 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.