America First Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3777.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RIGELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 154, October 21, 2015, Page H7089):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11: ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.'' Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitition in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 21, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  485 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3777, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3777

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4ed05e366531fa1e56b52d57b79af5aa109226e5a6f99fef1031eb94bfbe2e85

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3777, last updated September 8, 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.