BRAVE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 553.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WITTMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 9, January 16, 2025, Page H223):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 553, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/553

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 18, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0a73ff47c1c94068dd774aa82f85da070a74e0d1f4a3260cae4c9af95325f152

  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 18, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 553, last updated July 18, 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.