Small BREW Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 494.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GERLACH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H371):
  The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  111 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 494, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/494

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0d81ddebe867d639998451957d8b22f4287ede268b58c8475d6a9de2ac476534

  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. 494, 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.