Sugar Reform Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1714.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PITTS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 51, March 26, 2015, Page H2114):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  162 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1714, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1714

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  05a456959aab0dbdea335e029fc39186156bb7f681d0af685c375696610772ba

  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 January 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1714, last updated January 20, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.