Detaining Terrorists to Protect America Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 401.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WALORSKI, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 8, January 16, 2015, Page H412):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. ``To provide for the common defense,'' to raise and support Armies,'' ``to provide and maintain a Navy,'' and ``to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2015 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  233 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 401, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/401

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a2c06f780b09036d696520ce6815f14ee0bb1af0990fb1274230dea4dd312ecc

  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 January 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 401, last updated January 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.