State Regulatory Representation Clarification Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1601.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUCAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 50, March 25, 2015, Page H2034):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution states that Congress shall have the power to ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.'' Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution states the Congress shall have the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 25, 2015 ↗

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  530 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1601, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1601

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4100410de276a87792143695194044ad8c2576a156f204028eaac421b0d9314f

  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.

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