Scientific Integrity Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 849.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TONKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 21, February 4, 2021, Page H388):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 e United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  129 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 849, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/849

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  634b90099c92ac538e07dd7dde7f98f7430ba7c23db325ef518d069ffc42d1c2

  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 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 849, last updated January 3, 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.