Sgt. Brandon Ketchum Never Again Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2997.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LOEBSACK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 87, May 23, 2019, Page H4166):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  55 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2997, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2997

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d978de6ea340b9ec5cb68d24a1f7d4ea17a3f4b90af26e7d94be0847fea341e7

  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. 2997, last updated January 3, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.