SMOOTH Payments Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9455.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEAN of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 107, June 25, 2026, Page H4263):
  ``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.'' Article I. Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 25, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  329 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9455, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9455

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4573c742c2869de7267c5e066c358c66565ce942b123750359f2b742bf0bae2c

  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 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9455, last updated July 9, 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.