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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4708.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 209, December 21, 2017, Page H10420):
  Article 1, 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 December 21, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4708, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/4708

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8b692e49461f75291214d22b12f7e8e6e93489e6dafe8a95cae025c7fab6db8e

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4708, last updated April 7, 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.