Defending our Defenders Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1690.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HERRELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 44, March 9, 2021, Page H1190):
  Clause l8 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution which states that Congress has the power ``to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into the 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 9, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

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  Statement length

  337 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1690, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1690

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2bb4aa7da27e656066fe081937902097cc5eda1bb01f62e5ad775505b27fe40e

  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. 1690, 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.