Protecting Seniors from Emergency Scams Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 446.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. KELLY of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 14, January 25, 2021, Page H232):
  Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 25, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 446, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/446

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  eaa344826e85976349efd2d7b7800aba401de8c76d907e846c3fe79dcb542d5b

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 446, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.