Petfax Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7211.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 19, February 1, 2024, Page H389):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill addresses the sale of animals as pets, including by requiring certain disclosures by a seller to a purchaser, prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts with respect to the sale of an animal as a pet, and restricting the licensing of certain pet dealers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 1, 2024 ↗

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  356 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7211, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7211

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1b3cd26d2dbf4ce510526610ad6f76819824c7229f33d39d6391685ac8ee8962

  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.

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