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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3940.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 105, June 16, 2021, Page H2893):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 16, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3940, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3940

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  413c457789b0cdebdef355a881da2ae7db8443d522fa36a25c9834ae7b295763

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3940, last updated January 3, 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.