National Public Health Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7538.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DeSAULNIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 39, March 5, 2024, Page H822):
  Article I, Section 8. The single subject of this legislation is: holding corporations accountable for products they make that contribute to public health crises.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  161 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7538, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7538

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9a47e6e5724937a4eef89db922bd1520a69a79a9c0d329df9e5c1a6005d0d78f

  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 June 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7538, last updated June 11, 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.