National ACERT Grant Program Authorization Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3601.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 88, May 23, 2025, Page H2369):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or in any Department of Office thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  345 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3601, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3601

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 21, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  October 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  aa500e8391cd6628a891a9def9880bc8d467d5cac99b5b2f9198ec7339d9d84b

  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 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3601, last updated October 21, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.