Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5551.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHIFF, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 63, April 18, 2018, Page H3442):
  Abuse of Pardon Prevention Act is constitutionally authorized under and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 18, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  137 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5551, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5551

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1e8958b1bee954b3c6baae1d2b012a6d04b3ec3360b30cd9fd3761ca088f0561

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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