Sanctity of Human Life Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 23.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BROUN of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H33):
  To accompany: Section 5 of the 14th article of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which states ``The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.'' Section one of this article states ``. . . nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. . .'' The Sanctity of Human Life Act allows for constitutional protection for the unborn that they not ``be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law'' afforded under the 5th Amendment.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  573 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 23, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/23

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1cfa674ef285128def6f9758e6a02bf8c84203c017c450062dd86683c1a3ad91

  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 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 23, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.