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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 51.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 1, January 3, 2019, Page H212):
  clause 1 of section 3 of article IV of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 3, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  56 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 51, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/51

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 13, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  839dfc377c3cfab972e60b598f76fba55a6014fdab311d3c337528a877221aaf

  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 13, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 51, last updated January 13, 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.