Ratepayer Justice and Commercial Power Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9700.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KAPTUR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 115, July 15, 2026, Page H4545):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of the Congress to lay and collect taxes, dudes, imposts and excises and to provide for the general welfare of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution; to regulate commerce among the several States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution; and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution such power, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 15, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  590 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9700, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9700

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  59e4ee13de061732265ea8179e9c13053af48ba35504c3a7898ea412ffbdfc65

  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 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9700, last updated August 14, 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.