VITAL Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9237.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 98, June 10, 2026, Page H4085):
  Article I Section 8 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  39 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9237, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9237

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 19, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4701b8196155af1d6a8737e3f4473421949544d7c393f8e7621d0b1874f78f31

  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 15, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9237, last updated October 15, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 19, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.