FIRST State and Local Law Enforcement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2442.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JACKSON LEE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 84, May 16, 2017, Page H4223):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 16, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  142 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2442, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/2442

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c59d2ce67105e8676930f15ed56f226de1a6fc71b0da88ca9953bbcf235a1795

  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 July 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2442, last updated July 9, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.