Break the Chain Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1747.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEUBE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H921):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1747, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1747

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d5a62b9baaf13c9be0b03587b923e4e675320bb72b6c85f1854b387074ad2e5e

  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 January 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1747, last updated January 8, 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.