Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3972.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SENSENBRENNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 126, July 25, 2019, Page H7468):
  Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution, include the power granted under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 and the power granted to each House of Congress under Article I, Section 5, Clause 2
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  184 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3972, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3972

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  57ab81e32b427efd1b903614232334df7a15022d1789a00601a5917969c0723b

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3972, last updated September 8, 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.