House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Comment Integrity and Management Act
Official title: To amend section 206 of the E-Government Act of 2002 to improve the integrity and management of mass comments and computer-generated comments in the regulatory review process, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 13, 2026
- Committee actionJul 22, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 22, 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 19.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9643.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9643, Comment Integrity and Management Act” on August 27, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 22, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 27, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62733
- CBO publication date
- August 27, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9643, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9643
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 113, July 13, 2026, Page H4408):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 265 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9643, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9643
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
4a77e751abefae977f0207ac38226e6616bec83305a441e61f5d2b948c3bf1fa
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
No cosponsors.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.