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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 291.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. NAPOLITANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 6, January 13, 2015, Page H359):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, clause 1 and clause 18 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  126 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 291, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/291

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  74d3efe3679f81304e781fc69468120e11a9d406e105e78fd62df37e3aa3774e

  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. 291, 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.