FAIR Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 757.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 16, January 31, 2017, Page H820):
  The ``necessary and proper'' clause of Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  93 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 757, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/757

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  55e816d509ab32c0f1a6bbdfb9c8390927ff73288e32f57731464e3505422bc1

  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. 757, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.