Ballot Box Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10154.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOTTHEIMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 170, November 18, 2024, Page H6077):
  Article 1, Sec. 8, Clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation would amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to prohibit destroying or damaging ballot boxes
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 18, 2024 ↗

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  177 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10154, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10154

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 20, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1e2058cfbc3269c5ab37899df434c0587a918041d19e3fcbcfda621e9071f773

  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 20, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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