Freedom and Right to Emancipate from Exploitation (FREE) Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4545.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRIST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 127, July 20, 2021, Page H3754):
  Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution, and Amendment XIV to the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  81 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4545, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4545

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c9baf0a38da4aa6f6b49e223b8c1a215937dee255f7e26eda1995604fc9a6e76

  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 April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4545, last updated April 7, 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.