SHIELD Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3801.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. UPTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 99, June 8, 2021, Page H2702):
  Article I Section 8, Clause 3 ``to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with Indian Tribes''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 8, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  129 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3801, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3801

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0427a67b8954e6407d056cd8f46f174b6e5628aabe68d0971ead7e58170e319d

  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 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3801, last updated January 16, 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.