Readable Legislation Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3402.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AMASH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 105, June 21, 2019, Page H5037):
  Article I, Section 1, of the Constitution states: ``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States . . .'' It is both ``necessary and proper [for Congress to make laws] for carrying into Execution'' this Power (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18), including setting standards for the format and content of legislation proposed to be considered by Congress.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 21, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  395 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3402, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3402

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e60b543fbc0389f54b22ede4283379c76b13f682d1d66f4c97e1d7b2d988be91

  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. 3402, 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.