HALT Fentanyl Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 171.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRIFFITH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H111):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  123 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 171, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/171

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dd2c95cd90fe314916f1b3b2fdfc43e3366e3c5978c77d685fa69d2af5be0931

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 171, last updated December 5, 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.