Fair RATES Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 587.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KENNEDY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 10, January 17, 2017, Page H553):
  Article I, Section 8--to provide for the general welfare and to regulate commerce among the states.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 17, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  99 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 587, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/587

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3fb3e8fc45c9878a78e2f9226fc6289d3a8717befc2418980603b5d8159e558b

  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. 587, 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.