GRACE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3245.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRIDENSTINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 120, July 28, 2015, Page H5590):
  Article 1, Section 8 states that: ``The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, and to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.'' Article 1, Section 9 states that: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations by Law.'' These two clauses provide Congress with the ``power of the purse.'' Congress has the Constitutional authority regarding authorizing and appropriating Federal spending on Federal government contracts.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 28, 2015 ↗

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  546 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3245, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3245

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e9d17f67167ec0205c5c34c4f70bece4268e0e9f6e2b751e7473946bca5a01d1

  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. 3245, 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.