Songwriter Equity Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4079.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H1938):
  Clause 8 of Section 8 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  60 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4079, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/4079

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b7d35ecae1d160b05d8822933c5914eaac99f92d1bdf7bc131b84d3877242b6f

  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. 4079, last updated December 5, 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.