ABLE MATCH (Making Able a Tool to Combat Hardship) Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9801.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DINGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 119, July 21, 2026, Page H5023):
  The Constitutional authority of Congress to enact legislation provided by Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 21, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  129 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9801, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9801

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d7b37f03d8a8d9fb5e4d9aae5e83e768d3bbfbf4efbb70303698ad806d4b0348

  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 August 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9801, last updated August 14, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.