Prior Approval Reform Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1399.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AMODEI of Nevada, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 32, February 18, 2025, Page H723):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the Necessary and Proper Clause under Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 18, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  152 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1399, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1399

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 15, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9ff9712e5e9a6e093b77f3a0a4a904bcfe40bc00887bb8b01808ff2882e98b09

  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 15, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1399, last updated September 15, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.