MERIT Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10397.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LOUDERMILK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 185, December 12, 2024, Page H7142):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 18 To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: Government Operations and Politics
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 12, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  342 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10397, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10397

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  90a7639070e62cbc4204727fdaad1931ceef2840c95a5bdc0edce9f9a5fc100f

  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 20, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10397, last updated August 20, 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.