Access to Counsel Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1573.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1573, Access to Counsel Act of 2021” on April 15, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on April 14, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 15, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57153

  CBO publication date

  April 15, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1573, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1573

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7253284313fad87b867ead6cfbb15081f5b426fc8c7cf233ca44141a7161855f

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-21 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 17, 2021.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 17, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/21

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1573, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1573

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7253284313fad87b867ead6cfbb15081f5b426fc8c7cf233ca44141a7161855f

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JAYAPAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 40, March 3, 2021, Page H1081):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  224 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1573, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1573

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7253284313fad87b867ead6cfbb15081f5b426fc8c7cf233ca44141a7161855f

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1573, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.