House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Nuclear Forensics Authority Realignment Act
Official title: To realign the nuclear forensics and attribution activities of the Federal Government from the Department of Homeland Security to the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Foster D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 21, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 22, 2026 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8969.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FOSTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 87, May 21, 2026, Page H3725):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 124 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8969, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8969
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 June 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 9902 (119th) Federal Naming Standards Act
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- H.Res. 1066 (119th) Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives and honoring the memory of the victims of the mass shooting in Aurora…
Related bills
- H.R. 5438 (118th) Nuclear Forensics Authority Realignment ActCross-Congress related bill
- H.R. 464 (117th) Nuclear Forensics Authority Realignment ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.