Nuclear Family Priority Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 604.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 14, January 28, 2015, Page H663):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 4, which states that Congress has the power ``to establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States.'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which states that Congress has the power to ``make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer thereof . . .''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2015 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 604, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/604

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0a3665aa2d71d5c6f69b10c27662a13b14bdbc2dfe3b78e1c2b37154ca9c221b

  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. 604, 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.