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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3654.

• 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. 136, August 15, 2017, Page H6607):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 15, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  135 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3654, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3654

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  30138facb080c494274c02afb378e387a642292c4c2dadedef66735e994c91ec

  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 noteOn 3/22/2018, a motion was filed to discharge the Committee on the Judiciary from the consideration of H.R. 3654. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures for further action. (Discharge Petition No. 115-9: text with signatures.)
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  notes

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3654, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3654

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  30138facb080c494274c02afb378e387a642292c4c2dadedef66735e994c91ec

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. 3654, 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.