CROWN Act of 2022

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2116.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2116, CROWN Act of 2021” on January 19, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 30, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, January 19, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57770

  CBO publication date

  January 19, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2116, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2116

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  28270786ab3b13e0847aa3d51107a1d3d830fce8d500e6bbbc994433633acf55

• 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. 117-252 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on February 25, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 25, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/252

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2116, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2116

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  28270786ab3b13e0847aa3d51107a1d3d830fce8d500e6bbbc994433633acf55

  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 Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 52, March 19, 2021, Page H1613):
  Article I, Section 8: Congress shall have the power to make all laws which shall he 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.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  242 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2116, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2116

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  28270786ab3b13e0847aa3d51107a1d3d830fce8d500e6bbbc994433633acf55

  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. 2116, last updated September 8, 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.