FACT Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2277.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SESSIONS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 52, March 21, 2025, Page H1190):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution, in that the legislation ``is necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the . . . Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  339 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2277, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2277

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 2, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5133fe9fd55940aa41f4b3ae949f21d22c10316332a5d1b82aa07e99e4bd3f40

  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 June 2, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2277, last updated June 2, 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.