ARTS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4997.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. ROBY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 179, November 8, 2019, Page H8740):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 8, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4997, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4997

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2a3fd52d7251084d67d77bac56e5f912d5d41d0905b82e16aeec9560eba4afa3

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4997, last updated January 3, 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.