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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4500.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HURD of Colorado, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 123, July 17, 2025, Page H3476):
  Article I, Section VIII of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  48 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4500, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4500

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 20, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ec22bc121935263b20056f1beaad8e4d0a8124a325c700bc5476773ba77ce1b8

  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 July 20, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4500, last updated July 20, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.