RE–VAC Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1651.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FORTENBERRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 42, March 8, 2019, Page H2615):
  The constitutional authority for this bill is pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  124 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1651, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1651

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9933b0916d108b27a9db230a994d4aef6c1ed0351e3d7ec1ebe928a72c531322

  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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1651, last updated January 3, 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.