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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2471.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RUTHERFORD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 84, May 16, 2017, Page H4224):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 10--``To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations'' and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  421 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2471, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2471

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d5c2e914bc3d15a6efefc4c3c98de26fe1377a3c87fdcf70d943e52b75a59783

  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 July 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2471, last updated July 9, 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.