Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 546.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JEFFRIES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 17, January 28, 2021, Page H251):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  134 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 546, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/546

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  912e65a13476c7fbdbc75943cf77ff2607c8d4dcdc129202db91f3c68c649136

  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 August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 546, 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.