COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1843.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MENG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 46, March 11, 2021, Page H1358):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 11, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  51 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1843, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1843

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c981e5b1754a99df10e06c7dc55a17491a42ca0f2e455788b385047c5499256c

  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. 1843, 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.