Practical Alternatives to Detention Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9039.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. AMASH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 218, December 21, 2020, Page H7322):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 4.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 21, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9039, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/9039

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dee5ffa970bf646c71d05eb9cf4b781c22d9e7c0458e0f5b8be99327eec8c0ab

  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. 9039, 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.