BEST Practices Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3172.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5833):
  Article I, Section 8 (Clauses 1, 14, and 18), which grants Congress the power to provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; to make rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces; and to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  338 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3172, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3172

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  9f32edeae16e0b9761192b20690d03e8cf7a1a2714ec5376e072116e7aadf86f

  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. 3172, 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.