EL CHAPO Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2186.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 72, April 27, 2017, Page H2941):
  Congress has the power and authority to enact this legislation according to Article 1 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 27, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  106 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2186, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2186

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  90d9903814e7eb8d347cb7ebd2af41e2313cbb18d57fbc323a2414299a8c130b

  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. 2186, last updated December 5, 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.