Fund Schools, Not ICE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9659.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STANTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 113, July 13, 2026, Page H4409):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9659, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9659

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ae33380cbb24de0cfee842a40d7cbcd8b7035b8979db92c2c2b4932d692028cc

  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 12, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9659, last updated August 12, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.