HELLPP Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1221.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. ELLMERS of North Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 36, March 3, 2015, Page H1567):
  The Commerce Clause: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power ``to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  206 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1221, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1221

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  80ec3dc2404e1be4cd02e8e7c057dc2bec2082649f6120038649350c8756d6e0

  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. 1221, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.