Horse Protection Amendments Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1338.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DesJARLAIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 37, March 2, 2017, Page H1531):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. Congress shall have Power to regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations, and among the several states, and with Indian Tribes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 2, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  154 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1338, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1338

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f0b78047035842dbad39a2c094a97832c0e9d5f414833b5a934759ed82558565

  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 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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