To amend the Small Business Act to make disaster loans available for damages caused by prolonged power outages, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2897.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. STEVENS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 65, April 10, 2025, Page H1603):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  135 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2897, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2897

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 6, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 7, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  04aae179a59100459e3e1679b945e959270137d8430eaefe6e9baa9cb6e36ecd

  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 October 6, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2897, last updated October 6, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 7, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.