Securing Innovation and Research from Adversaries Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8901.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOOLENAAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 85, May 19, 2026, Page H3628):
  Congress has the authority to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States, including the powers to provide for the common defense, regulate commerce with foreign nations, make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and exercise authority over the expenditure of federal funds and conditions attached to federally funded research awards.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  430 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8901, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8901

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9d161c7d619c6299f5b60d329802e316ad18e07264d069a2587b81c2b04b2762

  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 October 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8901, last updated October 20, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.