HEAR Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9208.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 96, June 8, 2026, Page H3992):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 8, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  304 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9208, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9208

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 1, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  260a7aab6d2cac206662bb5b8c8b7de0c7488a635d693d5006a2a11ad95454d5

  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 July 1, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9208, last updated July 1, 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.