MERIT Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3348.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LOUDERMILK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 103, June 19, 2019, Page H4918):
  Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 18 To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 19, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  255 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3348, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3348

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6e20859700f629f1317323d08b7d9cc00007b0ea34ee3be578f3d6f39291cba7

  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 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3348, last updated January 10, 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.