Mount Cristo Rey Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9739.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ESCOBAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 116, July 16, 2026, Page H4624):
  THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRESS CLAUSE 18 The Congress shall have the power . . . To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested in this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 16, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  345 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9739, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9739

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 30, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  05b72d89f3c12b9cfed68b1523955c50916adc869f5e57e07a417168b150acf2

  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. 9739, 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.