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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3481.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CASTRO of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 130, September 10, 2015, Page H5942):
  Constitutional Authority--Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18) THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF CONGRES 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 or officer thereof
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2015 ↗

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  421 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3481, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3481

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  734fd9863c6a0a6de3c3628619685bb98c4611af670a6385866fd7d5ce5bb585

  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. 3481, 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.