William and James Wonacott Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1597.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NEWHOUSE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 47, March 14, 2023, Page H1287):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States The single subject of this legislation is: The William and James Wonacott Act of 2023 will amend The Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841) by enhancing penalties for those who sell, give, or distribute any substance that contains two milligrams or more of illicit fentanyl or fentanyl-related substances to another person without such person's knowledge.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1597, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1597

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3768700f04dd6697c5392df8547f082fadf14b0b452047188f31b588823ef3bd

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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