Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4149.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RICE of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 173, December 1, 2015, Page H8860):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause I
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 1, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4149, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4149

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5e5f10dfe628131f902a3ab9572811ecb834bac0a2f34929ad7661cb0e180b03

  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. 4149, 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.