Human Authority over Autonomous Weapons Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9729.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 116, July 16, 2026, Page H4624):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 16, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9729, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9729

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 30, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e0431b83a6554afad4708fd11fdadd84b4ed1d3e8c73898b7f0251fe3b3215fd

  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 30, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9729, last updated July 30, 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.