RECOMPETE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4651.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 129, July 22, 2021, Page H3845):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4651, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4651

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bb1a901cf5b7be9d9a3a6ffd236937651212a1f7f5dcf61af92dd1e3a8cdad8b

  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 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4651, last updated January 21, 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.