No Free Rides Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1249.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McHENRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 37, March 4, 2015, Page H1615):
  Article 1, Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 4, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  283 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1249, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1249

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  93efeb3d1bd05d2c07693a15a3907710625440b361fb4d90af261554c1b9cd6f

  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. 1249, last updated August 12, 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.