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Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 443.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BRIDENSTINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 10, January 21, 2015, Page H481):
  Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the power to make all laws necessary and proper to carry into execution the preceding enumerated powers. It is necessary and proper for Congress to eliminate the National Technical Information Service in the Department of Commerce.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 21, 2015 ↗

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  267 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 443, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/443

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  34c6469136ef6dea0527cfd923f384de7fd7d62518d3a1db74af0bab26192b54

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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