Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 447.

• 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 H315):
  (1) the Commerce Clause; (2) section 2 of the 13th amendment; (3) section 5 of the 14th amendment, including the power to enforce the prohibition on government action denying equal protection of the laws; and (4) section 8 of article Ito make all laws necessary and proper for the carrying into execution of powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  381 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 447, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/447

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f449c2656c252a4f345a6a1e0e222fc6430f7059e90a428e0f9deb737724f7ad

  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. 447, 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.