SMART Grant Reauthorization Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4221.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 179, December 10, 2015, Page H9271):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, the Taxing and Spending Clause: ``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 . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 10, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  285 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4221, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4221

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  df694f6fcbd6993cb1cd70dbc8f20b63fd6f1b2de38c11f51beb4750429b0561

  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 March 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4221, last updated March 23, 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.