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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6977.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NOLAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 161, September 28, 2018, Page H9407):
  Article One, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution, ``The Congress shall have Power . . . 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 September 28, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  341 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6977, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/6977

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cff866e60af36929a9fcd6fbd7aefef4f53ab1f35f50c6f7ee99f2309f502920

  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. 6977, 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.