United States Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4875.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEEHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 162, No. 46, March 23, 2016, Page H1585):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to Article 1, Section 5, Clause 2 and Article 1 Section 8 Clause 18.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 23, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  98 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4875, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/4875

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cc31250561e804b5d5233eb146121a42367f345a38997cebb3a3ccf122e18425

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4875, last updated December 5, 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.