Kari's Law Act of 2017

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 582.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOHMERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 10, January 17, 2017, Pages H552-H553):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, ``The Congress shall have Power . . . to regulate Commerce . . . among the several States.'' Telecommunication devices, such as a multi-line telephone system (MLTS), enable the interstate transmission of voice telephony communication. Additionally, MLTS devices enter the stream of commerce as part of an economic enterprise and affect interstate commerce in that they are bought, sold and transported across state lines, and under Article I, Section 8 Congress has the authority to regulate products in interstate Commerce. See also, U.S. v. Lopez, 514 U.S. 549 (1995).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 17, 2017 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 582, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/582

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  90954ad5683eff4d7521fd97b0b663044972bced8a3ac792e22ec1c2689df266

  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. 582, 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.