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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7985.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MULLIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 49, March 18, 2026, Page H2597):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7985, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7985

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 3, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  62cd8adb6c2792b3e6c0b329c2d300676d79cfa7ca28eb99e7f4bcf2e267602e

  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 3, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7985, last updated September 3, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.