Paws Off Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 617.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHWEIKERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 19, January 30, 2023, Page H510):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution: 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 Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department of Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  318 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 617, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/617

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 18, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  64c4e5a0f94d08557cae5f59197899233b18d610e0d4908c93858fa4222afbbd

  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 September 18, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 617, last updated September 18, 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.