Protect America’s Statues Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7646.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCARTHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 126, July 16, 2020, Page H3091):
  Article IV, Section 3, clause 2; Article 1, Section 8, clause 1; and Article 1, Section 8, clause 18 ''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 16, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  103 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7646, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7646

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  676d1b5e767e05f638b7c5d8d32c2485864ee14544420bc422b2696437515b9b

  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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7646, last updated January 3, 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.