To make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3239.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3239, To make improvements in the enactment of title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to improve the Code” on June 14, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 18, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 14, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57297

  CBO publication date

  June 14, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3239, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3239

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ef5e56d7456c0f4e37f01725d75c3ac341cf708036a3f36dd309711b30412868

• 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. 117-67 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 22, 2021.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 22, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/67

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3239, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3239

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ef5e56d7456c0f4e37f01725d75c3ac341cf708036a3f36dd309711b30412868

  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 Mr. FITZGERALD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 84, May 14, 2021, Page H2357):
  Article I, section 8, clause 18.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 14, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  32 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3239, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3239

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ef5e56d7456c0f4e37f01725d75c3ac341cf708036a3f36dd309711b30412868

  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. 3239, 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.