Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1438.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. LOWEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 40, March 8, 2017, Page H1949):
  Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  40 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1438, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1438

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b1f2fd828d55a24ca31e3ee9e8776ed774344e34d0f945100a40fb242cf56594

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1438, last updated August 11, 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.