PART Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 621.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BAIRD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 19, January 30, 2023, Page H510):
  Article I; Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;'' (Commerce Clause) ``The Congress shall have 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 or Officer thereof.'' (Necessary and Proper Clause)
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  508 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 621, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/621

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 16, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cb28f9cf766d0a094dcadc7ef0d33324e664c216bf509aeb7f158edb9d5c4869

  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 January 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 621, last updated January 16, 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.