American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2966.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURTON of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6238):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  158 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2966, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2966

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e265004e7bc19a2bbf70dbe6fe60e0692ff9123fae7038ed9c2ec118fa0e615c

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2966, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.