Critical Materials Processing Technology Testbed Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9740.

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

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  124 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9740, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9740

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e18a9ed1513bcdc8320fd2f7c433367ab63a7da4aa9c7bb40f26876ec734dea8

  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 27, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9740, last updated July 27, 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.