Puerto Rico Democratic Self Determination Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9246.

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

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9246, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9246

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 30, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  41637c9dff1b4a3eff07e09ddc1154f708252fc451330c1757432cf6978c4f8a

  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 30, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9246, last updated June 30, 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.