DHS Surveillance Technology Moratorium Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9314.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 100, June 15, 2026, Page H4118):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into the Execution for the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 15, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  312 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9314, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9314

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  86655912f0b8b05a0f608686a000c4bac5c97f2bc26a76aa7a330e431dda1da8

  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 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9314, last updated July 14, 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.