Advancing International and Foreign Language Education Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9971.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 122, July 27, 2026, Page H5204):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9971, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9971

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 1, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 2, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3c87663c5eacc5377bc6eb912ceaecca877500b6459024cfa045c2d123800def

  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 October 1, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9971, last updated October 1, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 2, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.