For the relief of Christopher William Gard, Constance Rhoda Keely Yates, and Charles Matthew William Gard.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3188.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 116, July 11, 2017, Page H5433):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4: ``The Congress shall have Power To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 11, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  112 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3188, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3188

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  52dce0b0befd428f9ff0728258d1135191e1db5b50a3e3b6c6f40e9c483e4f5e

  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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3188, last updated January 3, 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.