To amend the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to prohibit the preemption of State stalking laws.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1431.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 46, March 18, 2015, Page H1770):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States and with the Indian Tribes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 18, 2015 ↗

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  155 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1431, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1431

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  34c615c22712734b8e1bb86286fc0848d7d4f9bd267c604689f7edc34e7b54ec

  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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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