Thin Blue Line Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 814.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 21, February 9, 2015, Page H866):
  Clause 1, Section 8 of Article 1 of the United States Constitution which reads: ``The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts, and provide for the common Defense and General Welfare of the United States; but all Duties and Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  350 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 814, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/814

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e24bec2d8f5849dfa0e8f8174aec10ac11083e4507d2c38d92accc273ec7ea39

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 814, last updated December 5, 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.