DEF Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9618.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FEDORCHAK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 112, July 9, 2026, Page H4380):
  Article 17 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. 9618, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9618

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f7a5176260fb3abffd0fdb4bde6feafad60d4512e441e2271113fbc75af64f78

  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 August 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9618, last updated August 20, 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.