HERO Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1480.

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

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1480, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1480

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 17, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ee8f8b933263e51f2ac8c25c6434e50f1cc1c42baa5c966c4e2500c2e9219b0b

  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 17, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1480, last updated December 17, 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.