Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1797.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-109 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 15, 2013.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 15, 2013 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/109

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1797, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1797

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  71ab7b4f39e4d9c213b92c7c8563f4e5bfeeea1caed0f918ff42a02a46102a9e

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2395):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 17: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . to exercise exclusive legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of the particular states, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  310 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1797, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1797

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  71ab7b4f39e4d9c213b92c7c8563f4e5bfeeea1caed0f918ff42a02a46102a9e

  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 (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1797, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.