Right to Test Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7017.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McHENRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 98, May 26, 2020, Page H2282):
  Amendment X: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian Tribes; 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, Congressional Record May 26, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  571 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7017, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7017

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b9ba0eee75d000c3040c1484cea62c88126e3a14cb66038149b913a54b13f9f9

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7017, last updated December 5, 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.