Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Reduction Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4396.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PALLONE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 17, January 28, 2016, Page H375):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4396, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4396

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  afcb3ac0642def85a8ead2acec95cc49b4ad70819386660f93ecd546dad12c7e

  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. 4396, 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.