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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7897.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SARBANES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 93, May 27, 2022, Page H5221):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 27, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  46 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7897, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7897

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0f36735f16466b3ee4b71ae46b38b84c257dcafd94fc4c795bcfe40a1a077187

  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. 7897, 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.