To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require participation in the summer EBT program as a condition of participating in the school lunch program, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9265.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 99, June 11, 2026, Page H4112):
  Clause 18 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  56 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9265, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9265

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8d5abd68e3951c7a76a8e662b5d4410dae79e00083448c5485fc0f9ef6769a77

  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 August 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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