Cold-blooded Animal Research and Exhibition Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2976.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. McCOLLUM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 68, April 21, 2025, Page H1618):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 21, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  40 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2976, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2976

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8402bba4ca3035bb05c1fcf218ec463332025c8e48ba10f023586524b4417bef

  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 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2976, last updated June 11, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.