RECRUIT Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1854.

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

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  308 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1854, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1854

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  702b6bcd4e3fafb8cd0296024235ae6608f766f666a8aef0218752cc593d7396

  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 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1854, last updated January 14, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.