PACT Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4695.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ENGEL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 163, October 16, 2019, Page H8199):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 16, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  41 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4695, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4695

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0d101588f6b9c32daee3bbeaec625871725cb74e91cd33c693808c20c262c8d0

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4695, last updated June 6, 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.