FARM AI Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9686.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NUNN of Iowa, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 114, July 14, 2026, Page H4468):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution 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 14, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  287 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9686, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9686

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fc41a73a615e236b0cc3c2fa167f1b4be1181444401bd99434b9c7e51568fc50

  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 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9686, last updated August 21, 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.