Andrew T. Finch Memorial Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5204.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ESTES of Kansas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 40, March 7, 2018, Page H1477):
  Article 1 Section 8 Subsections 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 March 7, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  268 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5204, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5204

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e23466788af4bb438e9c066829b9153bac5ec0244e0b7417ce786757f6d6318

  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. 5204, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.