PAAW Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7958.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MACE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 62, April 11, 2024, Page H2318):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To prohibit the Director of the National Institutes of Health from conducting or funding research that causes significant pain or distress to a dog or cat.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 11, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  240 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7958, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7958

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 23, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  66b5eb61d89f3f0d4c08b94c23e94501659d8448e37fc50915a03e57cd0b3aaf

  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 23, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7958, last updated December 23, 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.