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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9579.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GREEN of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 110, July 2, 2026, Page H4370):
  Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, Cl. 18)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 2, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  52 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9579, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9579

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5f8e2240fc42ae1aefb4bb847e0c3e0917d574262b1235210e23f01e85d46002

  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 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9579, last updated September 2, 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.