STRONG Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9527.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OWENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 108, June 29, 2026, Page H4317):
  Congress has the authority to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the Constitution of the United States. Clause 1 authorizes Congress to provide for the general welfare of the United States, and Clause 18 authorizes Congress to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested in the Government of the United States and its officers. This legislation governs the administration of a federal statistical classification system maintained by the Office of Management and Budget and requires reporting to Congress.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 29, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  583 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9527, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9527

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 3, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  918f5364327869fa07ef054f9129517eba982209963edc8c8e9367f2f0bb49c0

  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 September 3, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9527, last updated September 3, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.