Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1551.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2026):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  130 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1551, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1551

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cf58bbcedb0dbecde93f136553df6dc03466bcaec1861a51c0d25d5bb81c47bd

  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 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1551, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.