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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3268.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YOHO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 120, July 28, 2015, Page H5591):
  Clause 3, Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution which reads: ``The Congress shall have Power To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 28, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  214 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3268, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3268

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7ad4c8493c4928085907e7181357b466eea885a90611b62cc480f92001d9b055

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3268, last updated December 5, 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.