PROTECTS Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 742.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCORMICK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 18, January 28, 2025, Page H406):
  Claure 18 of Section 8 Article 1--To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  266 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 742, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/742

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 18, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b390a5438c2549eb8361463e031e4f4e280ba0d46d087e11a42f50b736538f72

  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 December 18, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 742, last updated December 18, 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.