Vital STATS Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1478.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TAYLOR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 39, March 2, 2021, Page H1014):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 2, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  64 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1478, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1478

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eaba0f5ae8d7d76d0175875d751d9970b7591f473a1d0f2099bb67800a8476bc

  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. 1478, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.