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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1291.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 36, March 1, 2017, Page H1464):
  clause 1 of section 3 of article IV of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  56 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1291, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1291

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5771cc4a932eadcecff154f06337d47730f042c0266ccf9cee9a1a33325d3708

  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. 1291, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.