Medical Marijuana Research Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3797.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3797, Medical Marijuana Research Act” on December 24, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 9, 2020”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 24, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56924

  CBO publication date

  December 24, 2020

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3797, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3797

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ecad5b4276e644ba58ba4f357097221e532bfe3909a3b95e707a3fd28205e0f0

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-619 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on December 7, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 7, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/619

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3797, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3797

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ecad5b4276e644ba58ba4f357097221e532bfe3909a3b95e707a3fd28205e0f0

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BLUMENAUER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 120, July 17, 2019, Page H6000):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3797, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3797

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ecad5b4276e644ba58ba4f357097221e532bfe3909a3b95e707a3fd28205e0f0

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3797, last updated August 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.