Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1621.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 1621, the Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2021” on March 28, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the website of the Clerk of the House on March 25, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 28, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57954

  CBO publication date

  March 28, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1621, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1621

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8ee16bc6e3da58ca757c9b1b30e8698c0e6469e4f4c6f37d1e574426d77d8201

• 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. 117-279 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 28, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 28, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/279

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1621, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1621

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8ee16bc6e3da58ca757c9b1b30e8698c0e6469e4f4c6f37d1e574426d77d8201

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 43, March 8, 2021, Page H1121):
  Art. I, Sec. 1: All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. Art. I, Sec. 8: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 8, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  471 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1621, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1621

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8ee16bc6e3da58ca757c9b1b30e8698c0e6469e4f4c6f37d1e574426d77d8201

  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. 1621, last updated May 28, 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.