To validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2307.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARDY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 73, May 13, 2015, Page H2959):
  ``clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution''.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  60 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2307, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2307

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 9, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6c24185823de0c16609bc5a9720dfaf39b1366c9db8069aacc4578d4572d0831

  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 December 9, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2307, last updated December 9, 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.