Power And Security Systems (PASS) Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 511.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WELCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 8, January 12, 2017, Page H473):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have Power To . . . regulatecommerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  166 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 511, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/511

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5cb7916f86c52a2181a43a205a19fcf7f53548bc01d025f55511cb691fe7c28c

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 511, last updated September 8, 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.