HELLPP Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1542.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 45, March 15, 2017, Page H2083):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 15, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1542, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1542

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  53ba63fd910b53aede4c07b18c06dc2b430402b03747df1173ab342c21a4d24b

  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. 1542, 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.