Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1602.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McHENRY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 43, March 8, 2021, Page H1120):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  398 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1602, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1602

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8adb9f1f360c01bf6100237f24bb706a85dc8b8f0f4d17a4cd32f04813bbab99

  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 May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1602, last updated May 28, 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.