House Our Heroes Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9942.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VAN ORDEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 121, July 23, 2026, Page H5199):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution (the Spending Clause), which authorizes Congress to provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States, together with Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (the Necessary and Proper Clause), which authorizes Congress to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested in the Government of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  467 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9942, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9942

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 24, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  24c5489ff0ff1e877be203808735466a8e7da2a6a35fd4e79474ccfd7b14d102

  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 September 24, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9942, last updated September 24, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.