Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.J.Res. 42.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.J. Res. 42, a joint resolution disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022” on March 31, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on March 29, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 31, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59033

  CBO publication date

  March 31, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 42, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/42

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-33 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on April 6, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 6, 2023 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/33

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 42, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/42

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLYDE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 45, March 9, 2023, Page H1251):
  Article 1, Sec, 8, Clause 16 of the U.S. Constitution states: The Congress shall have the power to ``Excercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoeverm over such District (not exceeding 10 Miles square, as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of Government of the United States.'' The single subject of this legislation is: This bill pertains to DC matters
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 9, 2023 ↗

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  411 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.J.Res. 42, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hjres/42

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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