Foreign Service Modernization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9086.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 93, June 2, 2026, Page H3774):
  Article I Section 8 Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 2, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9086, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9086

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 25, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8acc6c88b290808657838727f0ec564ccdccaf1bd6f8e5beb02f1fee0fc9fff3

  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 September 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9086, last updated September 25, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.