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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1177.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SANCHEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 31, February 18, 2021, Page H538):
  Article I Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 18, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1177, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1177

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bbf14c91a7a9d5dde49d6f23c00bbcaa9a69ad68dadc4d46cc691075829bffec

  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 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1177, last updated January 21, 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.