Secure Communities and Safe Schools Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5257.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. DEMINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 44, March 13, 2018, Page H1543):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 13, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 5257, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/5257

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  606a92796aec5eb4cd46d380b6b49a462a1acd2faa8423a6113aeeb2d01abaac

  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. 5257, last updated August 11, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.