To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure real-time public access to Federal award information.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7974.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRECHEEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 49, March 18, 2026, Page H2597):
  Article I, Section VIII
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  23 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7974, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7974

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 19, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  82351e3cb977b087f6667930fdebadd21b29d39e3d0d556ba454bcdbc790bedc

  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. 7974, 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.