Protecting the Dignity of Unborn Children Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 686.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LATTA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 14, January 23, 2025, Page H389):
  The Supreme Court's Commerce Clause precedents and under the Constitution's grants of powers to Congress under the Equal Protection, Due Process, and Enforcement Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  198 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 686, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/686

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 19, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8fc1fedaf151012a1b9d29ed45c508545d96732634f687611a5219d9ec97c920

  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 March 19, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 686, last updated March 19, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.