Contents of Our Character Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3249.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HICE of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 84, May 14, 2021, Page H2357):
  Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which together establish the congressional power of the purse, granting Congress the authority to appropriate funds, to determine their purpose, amount, and period of availability, and to set forth terms and conditions governing their use; and, Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the United States Constitution, which grants the Congress authority ``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 May 14, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  692 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3249, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/3249

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  886aa07b60260154897967438820bf2defcc8dca3fe9a3e56a56e795fcaf159d

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3249, last updated February 4, 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.