SAFETY Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 942.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIMES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 20, January 31, 2019, Page H1342):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, as this legislation provides for the general welfare of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  140 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 942, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/942

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  36436713dc3033b5e7009df2ab71104c03f402b3167634b4f8a82ebb438ec3cf

  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. 942, 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.