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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9887.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALKINSHAW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 120, July 22, 2026, Page H5178):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9887, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9887

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 6, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e2f29a63089aecd718c78ab46f5b66ecad9713867bf9c6d45574e4227ae4d55c

  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 6, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9887, last updated August 6, 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.