Portal for Appraisal Licensing Act of 2020

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7688.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 127, July 20, 2020, Pages H3587-H3588):
  Under Article I, Section 8, the Necessary and Proper Clause. Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers and all Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department of Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  312 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7688, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7688

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  33188390a005a4f8b8603b6e3d713150d1e7b36f9eea928d36d29d81e9a887be

  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. 7688, 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.