Flood Safe Basements Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3834.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CRAMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H135):
  Article 1, section 8, clause 1; and Article 1, section 8, clause 3.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  67 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3834, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3834

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ad46680ea1e14655a65cf37b1f71303e789e17f2e92093c63af53b29531984df

  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 noteFor further action, see H.R.3370, which became Public Law 113-89 on 3/21/2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3834, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3834

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ad46680ea1e14655a65cf37b1f71303e789e17f2e92093c63af53b29531984df

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3834, last updated December 5, 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.