Lessening Regulatory Costs and Establishing a Federal Regulatory Budget Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 575.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MEADOWS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 8, January 15, 2019, Page H603):
  Article 1, Section I grants that ``All legislative Powers herin granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States . . .'' Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 grants that ``The Congress shall have Power to . . . Regulate Commerce . . . Among the several States . . .'' Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 grants that ``The Congress shall have Power To . . . Make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by [the] Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 15, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  589 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 575, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/575

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  aa0971e448613d46d4f606bca0cb0361f148942ced565d497acc055cb0b6ffca

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 575, last updated December 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.