Build America’s Libraries Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1581.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 40, March 3, 2021, Page H1081):
  Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 3, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  41 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1581, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1581

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  11a26d969f4c710d43d92eaeb77e0d613d50b42132343f0529fe172f752a211d

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1581, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.