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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1712.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 51, March 26, 2015, Page H2114):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 & Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  64 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1712, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1712

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  40ae0cfd2a60fca9e15a282d58921a8c2078d015cc0423e3cded02768f16d71a

  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. 1712, 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.