Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 920.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LABRADOR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 24, February 12, 2015, Page H1036):
  Per Article 1, Section 8, Clause 9, and Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution and the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, Congress has the power to enact this proposed legislation to make reforms to federal criminal sentencing. The proposed legislation conforms to the norms of the Fifth Amendment with respect to due process.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2015 ↗

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  341 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 920, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/920

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  470d6d77cebc42fe0a5586f31d16c97102b01eff69540958995eaed217a4a7f2

  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.

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