Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2976.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. CAPPS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 105, July 8, 2015, Page H4956):
  Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution and section 5 of Amendment XIV to the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 8, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  107 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2976, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2976

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ce895dba8d7ba8408f214ddf584ed852f3783b1cc3a5983940fd50bdb9a9f8de

  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. 2976, 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.