CHARM Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9617.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9617, CHARM Act” on September 9, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 21, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 9, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62766

  CBO publication date

  September 9, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9617, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9617

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 3, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 4, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a420eb7cedd8fb9c4d9a128e4fa91ecf496efd024c71f7923fa0ac523b4b0080

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-820 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on September 14, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 14, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/820

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9617, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9617

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 3, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 4, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a420eb7cedd8fb9c4d9a128e4fa91ecf496efd024c71f7923fa0ac523b4b0080

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 112, July 9, 2026, Page H4380):
  Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 9, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9617, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9617

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 3, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 4, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a420eb7cedd8fb9c4d9a128e4fa91ecf496efd024c71f7923fa0ac523b4b0080

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9617, last updated October 3, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 4, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.