Workforce Data Quality Initiative Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8196.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BAUMGARTNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 62, April 6, 2026, Page H2825):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 6, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8196, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8196

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 17, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1449efd0be382bae14a66a82fc470c5a0769035158582b1d357ba73ba169afd9

  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 April 17, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8196, last updated April 17, 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.