Protect American Election Administration Act of 2022

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7117.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 48, March 17, 2022, Page H3828):
  Article I, Section 4, Clause 1
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  30 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7117, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7117

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  08e8bdca7e02a606855d5b46cb205cc42858ecfc751f0b0b2d2520d8cc51bf35

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7117, last updated January 3, 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.