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Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3033.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 108, July 13, 2015, Page H5117):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department of Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 13, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  295 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3033, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3033

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 4, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bb74dbb984fb7d69d52b571dfe8bdc5b33944529c0964dbd347b1c6be4d80d60

  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 March 4, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3033, last updated March 4, 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.