Legal Workforce Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3711.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 145, September 8, 2017, Page H7217):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 4 of the United States Constitution enumerating congressional authority ``[t]o establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  154 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3711, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/3711

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  78bb099ab14f9b1f2378e11367e5e56d3d3a223553f5e9ca6133c7644552ab32

  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 August 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3711, last updated August 11, 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.