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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1082.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 29, February 15, 2021, Page H515):
  Article I Section 8 of the US Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 15, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  42 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1082, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1082

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  29e62221f50ac5c21e19ce6fb192d1b946b4a22fb6d13c2c430654a2971181a9

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1082, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.