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Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3438.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SWALWELL of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6956):
  Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18; Article I, Section 9, Clause 7
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  70 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3438, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3438

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f9aca3266bf16b8d5426e1532d1660925975b9ca496917c8228379607258d985

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3438, last updated April 7, 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.