To provide a prohibition on certain reductions to MQ-9 aircraft units, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9119.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BABIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 94, June 3, 2026, Page H3829):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 3, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9119, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9119

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 29, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bca1ec68bd652bb1794626219e3db2ef8dff2ca891f9287069b5206ac025adad

  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 29, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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