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Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1397.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 36, February 27, 2019, Page H2272):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  87 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1397, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1397

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  20d601dba01ca3a0f60f2cead93f8e3b862648c2ddb022c5c3bfaf23f8a4a123

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1397, last updated April 7, 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.