Less Bureaucracy, Better Student Aid Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9609.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALBERG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 112, July 9, 2026, Page H4380):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  32 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9609, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9609

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6602ec5acd3c5349384f65733f0ae21a55a5c9395d95f37fcfa2691be83c6b42

  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 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9609, last updated October 20, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.