Communities First Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1697.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LUETKEMEYER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3000):
  The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the explicit power of Congress to regulate commerce in and among the states, as enumerate in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the United States Constitution. Additionally, the constitutional authority on which the tax provisions of this bill rest is the power of Congress to explicitly lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; and therefore implicitly allows Congress to reduce taxes; as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  652 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1697, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1697

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ba6d8f0af3d92cfc4f4bd3d3bd1ce1285fad86fff6ae192aa7bf98c01013ad12

  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 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1697, last updated August 14, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.