Quantum-Enhanced Critical Minerals Mapping Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9646.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HURD of Colorado, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 113, July 13, 2026, Pages H4408-H4409):
  Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  63 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9646, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9646

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 26, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ebfe16a7da1cd2ab40ee507b3f06940fcfa58fbb2eb45da6528e5f2e4152007c

  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 26, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9646, last updated August 26, 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.