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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7949.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 141, August 7, 2020, Page H4226):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 7, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7949, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7949

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  14adcaf9f40a277d4d27caf4eb5b490e88b1364b867d394824c4200824dfb9e3

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7949, last updated February 4, 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.