SMART Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1707.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ISSA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 52, March 22, 2023, Page H1328):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: The bill would reduce, from 14 years to 30 months, the period of time during which car companies can enforce design patents on the cosmetic, exterior parts, which most typically get damaged in an accident, against alternative suppliers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  334 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1707, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1707

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4762a79efaf3a64bed5f9788834f3d74c91b3f9e2937f76fc967bb915ff459b5

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1707, last updated July 24, 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.