American Science First Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 254.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALLEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 5, January 9, 2025, Page H92):
  Article 1 Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  64 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 254, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/254

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b12051004aa75cfee27ceb151e142c6e27933313613e8b5b47f3915de388397f

  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, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 254, last updated February 11, 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.