American SAFE Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3999.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HUDSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 168, November 16, 2015, Page H8241):
  The Foreign Commerce Clause (art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3); The Naturalization Clause (art. I, sec. 8, cl. 4); Necessary and Proper Clause (art. I, sec. 8, cl. 18).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  157 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3999, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3999

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8c3f774f761969c36b92d8a1011e844eacab8e008045859d32c8a568f92be070

  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. 3999, 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.