Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5052.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAINES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6106):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 14, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  71 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5052, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/5052

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  60e7db6359178bad8267a573a88afe75fe1c988877339409cf939e4456ff3847

  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 January 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5052, last updated January 14, 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.