Sami’s Law

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4686.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 162, October 15, 2019, Page H8144):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 15, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  51 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4686, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4686

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3afce8a263c7b06a94d9fc88c6a5f8f5ec65bc9bb4f215d882c8f4a744a99343

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4686, last updated April 7, 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.