FAAN Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 851.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. UNDERWOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 21, February 4, 2021, Page H388):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 4, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  46 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 851, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/851

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  760298a6e9d13b3bed71ecc97385e0e97232aac6befcb328337c3c4ec9e4bd32

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 851, last updated December 5, 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.