Linemen Legacy Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7996.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 50, March 19, 2026, Page H2622):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7996, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7996

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 7, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  787d3d6f2c34515d38fb3476492afc10fd8c5226768e7faa9ea5fb027a7d7edb

  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 July 7, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7996, last updated July 7, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.