Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 870.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PIERLUISI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 23, February 11, 2015, Page H982):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of the Congress to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the United States Constitution; to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution such power, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution; and to make rules and regulations respecting the U.S. territories, as enumerated in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2015 ↗

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  552 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 870, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/870

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1a32ed9b504f947a730a46ef7ce4e8c099f9be356d19657d041c4e2f3dac5fd1

  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 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 870, last updated December 6, 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.