QUEST Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1837.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUCAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 46, March 11, 2021, Page H1358):
  U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . 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 11, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  324 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1837, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1837

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  37703c0e57ee32603d30d0cfbbb6a9f4f99f132ad4e30f35fbb4123cfeacf0dc

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1837, last updated April 7, 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.