SECURED Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9708.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HARSHBARGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 115, July 15, 2026, Page H4545):
  Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 15, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9708, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9708

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 28, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  142354fa8a9019a4dfe4dd49b573f0210ba31c864130af5f23f2e9739cf5f148

  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 28, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9708, last updated July 28, 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.