MEME Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1712.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LICCARDO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H920):
  Clause 18 of section 8 of article I and clause 8 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  95 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1712, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1712

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ef8c40808f2da0ddde38eaac23414b231bb2416f94fa7682ed6645ef926a44fc

  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 February 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1712, last updated February 11, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.