PRIME Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3835.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MASSIE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 102, June 11, 2021, Page H2710):
  This act is justified by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution which, by granting Congress the power to regulate commerce among the several states, also allows Congress to prevent or prohibit federal interference with Americans' ability to slaughter and process meat. This act is also justified by the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the Constitution, which recognize that rights and powers are retained and reserved by the people and to the States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 11, 2021 ↗

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  463 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3835, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3835

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2c4cf2c53e539492675f3f0960b07589008055d31ff8ef0ded07210ae10dde0d

  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.

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