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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3251.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FORTENBERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 119, July 14, 2017, Page H5885):
  The constitutional authority for this bill is pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  124 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3251, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3251

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  94b3696920145b68bc8f6543834c4e535e649fc0e437619e9328f6d6c14c36c8

  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. 3251, 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.