7(a) Program Risk Oversight Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9691.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. VELAZQUEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 114, July 14, 2026, Page H4468):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  167 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9691, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9691

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 22, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4235c4cec654ea4bee71415feb9d4d8d85af50c4d1d0025e3da2f5c156421f8e

  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 July 22, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9691, last updated July 22, 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.