Clean Up the Code Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 498.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CHABOT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H519):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3: ``To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes'' and, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 10, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  410 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 498, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/498

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6b8bdd2dc198ae5295bca8f8f0d582c6e95c6401e44056b5cce162a0263b90b6

  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 August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 498, 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.