Solitary Confinement Study and Reform Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3399.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RICHMOND, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 121, July 29, 2015, Page H5774):
  This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18). Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall have no bearing on judicial review of the accompanying bill.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2015 ↗

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  462 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3399, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3399

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  883238f14dd807c10335b01ae3d7be289da1d219f56ede4bec8211f7f6df9131

  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. 3399, 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.