CHER Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10049.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 159, October 25, 2024, Page H5895):
  article I section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the African Elephant Conservation Act and Asian Elephant Conservation Act to ban keeping elephants in captivity at zoological parks.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 25, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  204 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10049, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10049

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 15, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6fb23de5695400c54eceb1e3ad82e4066cfe1fb328832cba19d16dd2d51a5cc1

  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 August 15, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10049, last updated August 15, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.