Stopping Foreign Influence in Elections Act of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9771.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9771, Stopping Foreign Influence in Elections Act of 2026” on October 6, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on August 27, 2026”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62835

  CBO publication date

  October 6, 2026

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9771, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9771

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 6, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 7, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-768 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on August 27, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 27, 2026 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/768

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9771, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9771

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 6, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 7, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19fb9d6f286f2a433bc20a81329931e505296844246ae0d8b586b722b29f0e1b

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 117, July 18, 2026, Pages H4631-H4632):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 18, 2026 ↗

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  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9771, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9771

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 6, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 7, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19fb9d6f286f2a433bc20a81329931e505296844246ae0d8b586b722b29f0e1b

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9771, last updated October 6, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 7, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.