True Justice Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10496.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 188, December 18, 2024, Page H7361):
  Art. 1, Sec. 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To expand legal representation in judicial proceedings that take place after an individual has been arrested in connection with a criminal offense, including at initial appearance.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  238 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10496, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10496

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 30, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  942bd3e59daa2ea399d9fb6cc17adb6a4c871dd5a5f7f3c406ade4e2aebd605b

  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 30, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10496, last updated January 30, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.