Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 938.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 24, February 12, 2015, Page H1037):
  Clause 1, Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution which reads: ``The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts, and provide for the common Defense and General Welfare of the United States; but all Duties and Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  350 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 938, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/938

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  086748d29d1a93b62e5a384e7afc51e0cfea8efb1675c8733d31bd87213d917a

  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. 938, 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.