COVID–19 Fraud Prevention Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2959.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. AXNE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 77, May 4, 2021, Page H2141):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 4, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  124 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2959, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2959

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5b39840b9bca1cb005d2ba0e3576f8395f8a893cc8c36ba652edacb071c1e7d8

  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. 2959, 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.