Faith-Based Community Center Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1740.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 53, March 27, 2017, Page H2464):
  The Constitution of the United States, Article One, Section 8, Clause 18: ``The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 27, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  346 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1740, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1740

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  583c5684247850c962484b57d599fdc8dfe00236a89c0883287c3c4482478e2a

  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 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1740, last updated December 6, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.