Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2019

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 777.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 15, January 24, 2019, Page H1213):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 24, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 777, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/777

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0a2d421641b94ca5dcd58a44b24eea8d37685893242d64beb6393336441ced6c

  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 May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 777, last updated May 28, 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.