FIND Trafficking Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 502.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. VARGAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 6, January 11, 2019, Page H519):
  (1) To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution; (2) To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution; and (3) To make all laws necessary and proper for executing powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  584 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 502, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/502

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0d4ef03363533a495b01bc43df3adea8e1bde25296831345cff8a4822b737a66

  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 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 502, last updated January 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.