Grand Jury Transparency Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3028.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JEFFRIES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 107, July 10, 2015, Page H5089):
  US Const. Art. II, Sec. 3, Cl. 3 (``[The President] shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed[.]''); and US Const. Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 18 (``Congress shall have the power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution . . . all other Powers vested in this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''). This bill would instruct the Attorney General to give preferential treatment to police forces that meet certain criteria when distributing grant money, therefore this bill is a valid exercise of Congressional authority per the Necessary and Proper Clause provided the Attorney General's duties,…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  784 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3028, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3028

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  44b32725e06b9e1adabc1475f178623a97d9e6ee810b3a68e4838f63a776b3d2

  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. 3028, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.