CREED Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2266.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JUDY CHU of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 72, May 12, 2015, Page H2878):
  Art. 1, Sec. 8 ``The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 12, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  197 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2266, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2266

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  51a83cf4c6f8f0fa675ae32c7f2c3c64873c53b9f6ef69e0e5de0a3a3671f436

  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. 2266, 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.