Pet Safety and Protection Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 208.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H112):
  Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  44 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 208, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/208

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c63e88ee7223891a5500289c39a5391d6b79ca5c35b2592971130e04d01b5cc5

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 208, last updated May 27, 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.