PACT Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 724.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DEUTCH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 14, January 23, 2019, Page H1172):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, known as the Commerce Clause, provides Congress with the authority regulate interstate and foreign commerce.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  140 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 724, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/724

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  559a5ad2d509a6296498b269c946541713f5d7e7bd1994edd659583198b66c98

  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 August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 724, last updated August 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.