House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Where it went
- IntroducedJul 6, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 6, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9599.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PETERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 111, July 6, 2026, Page H4375):Article I, Section VIIISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 6, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 23 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9599, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9599
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 6, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 7, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c7e186e73e555de9dfbec7a2abe1797f5a2ec52b3833300264e01d6b9608266a
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 October 6, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9599, last updated October 6, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 7, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Neal Dunn (R-FL), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), John Joyce (R-PA), Carol Miller (R-WV), Kevin Mullin (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Scott Peters.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 7, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.