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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1399.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 36, February 27, 2019, Page H2272):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1399, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1399

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 27, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1aaa37c37f2cb96724d16bbc7d127fc576780e7f3331ddb73a00542534df7f7a

  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 January 27, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1399, last updated January 27, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.