POWERS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3598.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KELLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 94, May 28, 2021, Page H2679):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 28, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3598, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3598

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6fc7293b63af30acffc9e4d0fe9c1b0f1edbead43bb86b337e83817aca3c1182

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3598, last updated December 5, 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.