HERO Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7994.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUIZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 50, March 19, 2026, Page H2622):
  Article I, section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution, to provide for the general welfare and make all laws necessary and proper to carry out the powers of Congress.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  184 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7994, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7994

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  613b30366ae748a08ed05ab003753ffeb44111d7487180db8decd8239b46f726

  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 August 27, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7994, last updated August 27, 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.