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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1396.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 36, February 27, 2019, Page H2272):
  Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1396, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1396

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c3764ee9fbbd2b171c5a15e04f7399fa2391209558ca243950bddf04df392be2

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1396, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.