To make technical amendments to chapter 3084 of title 54, United States Code, to correct references to the African American Civil Rights Network, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7172.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLAY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 186, November 27, 2018, Page H9667):
  Article I
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 27, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  9 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7172, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/7172

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7db527a6ae48967ea05c837ed9cdc25c285c06b29ee18b4192ec81fa79467280

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7172, last updated January 3, 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.