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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3966.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOODEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 101, June 12, 2025, Page H2822):
  The Constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common Defefense and general welfare of the United States, as enumerated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 Thus, Congress has the authority not only to increase taxes, but also, to reduce taxes to promote the general welfare of the United States of America and her citizens Additionally, Congress has the Constitutional authority to regulate commerce among the States and with Indian Tribes, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  611 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3966, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3966

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 25, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 12, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5e95f20b9ff02d47ce055b71d8fb341c95c36c616e69fba1ea439a6f91a1b373

  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 August 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3966, last updated August 25, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 12, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.