Combating Chinese Communist Party Influence Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7969.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TRAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 48, March 17, 2026, Page H2551):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  123 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7969, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7969

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1f6ba8810c7f9f1b02d647dd0517fd5b8ee9615631954863f019413b848b4041

  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 September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7969, 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.