Kerrie Orozco Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1970.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BACON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 60, April 6, 2017, Page H2789):
  Article I Section 8 Clause 4
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 6, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  28 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1970, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1970

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f7d77505bf1990a212efd5c293f80d110f16ba124111fb22697195f76fc6f5e2

  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 January 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1970, last updated January 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.