Violet’s Law

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1465.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MACE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 44, March 8, 2023, Page H1208):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution under the General Welfare Clause. The single subject of this legislation is: Would require all federal agencies to enact policies allowing for the retirement of surviving lab animals no longer needed in taxpayer-funded experimentation.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  281 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1465, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1465

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 18, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d6a1ca709df497accefb8b6ea84167cab478e31cf32de0aa23b79583ca3fe8cc

  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 18, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1465, last updated December 18, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.