Protect the UNBORN Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 407.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLYDE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 13, January 20, 2023, Page H251):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution states: The Congress shall have the power ``to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department of officer thereof.'' Addionally, Section 1 of the XIV Amendment states, ``. . . nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law . . .'' and under Section 5 of the XIV Amendment. ``The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 20, 2023 ↗

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  H.R. 407, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/407

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 21, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

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  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 21, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 407, last updated December 21, 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.