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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2248.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 52, March 21, 2025, Page H1189):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  40 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2248, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2248

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 10, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  584c6531284a561009cfea8a974a6e7d8a8be1e174ba9cd4204a9e2384587289

  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 April 10, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2248, last updated April 10, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.