National Flood Insurance Program Clarification Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7862.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BENTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 43, March 9, 2026, Page H2476):
  This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to limit the application of the Endangered Species Act with respect to certain actions under the national flood insurance program.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 9, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  188 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7862, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7862

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  776023627c6160dec9ff3a29f5b2d56e60a86f9950a08338f8ad09b86f788d71

  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 October 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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