Safer DC Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3165.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOHMERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 115, July 22, 2015, Page H5403):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4, US Constitution: To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 US Constitution: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  683 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3165, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3165

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08db453294a7c8ed9edfd036fe887c8720e6b6c25dbb61475df44ab52d0cab74

  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. 3165, 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.