Less Bureaucracy, Better International Foreign Gift Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9602.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BAUMGARTNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 112, July 9, 2026, Page H4380):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  40 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9602, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9602

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 29, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 30, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f28da0fc54c4093df52007c323ebf0c72eadcc1e9adf5393318763546a728050

  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 29, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9602, last updated September 29, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 30, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.