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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4271.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Missouri, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 183, December 16, 2015, Page H9375):
  Article 1 Section 8 Clause 14 states Congress shall have the power to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 16, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  144 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4271, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4271

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7004ab1eda5e2eaf0594f2d4d84a47d853601acf9e46c73a8cd05e25c2e74448

  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. 4271, 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.