Sunshine Protection Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 69.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 2, January 4, 2021, Page H52):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 4, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  168 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 69, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/69

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c9a902aad582f3789f290ecc8d2e44da6fc4b6f50018a3764ab409515a6395ed

  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 December 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 69, last updated December 6, 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.