National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2531.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AMODEI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 75, May 7, 2019, Page H3475):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  233 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2531, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2531

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  39eb61574776afa3fe4a68099fa4e34c043faefdfb1d1a786d40e16f434b5bfe

  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. 2531, 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.