Foreign Service Test-Free Reentry Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9730.

• 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 1 section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 16, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9730, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9730

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 11, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  41d8d66019e6e7376b9f81e7dab13de6639ae2066d90a9c7904ce313e911e7f4

  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 September 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9730, last updated September 11, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 11, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.