Freedom to Vote Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 11.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SARBANES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 123, July 18, 2023, Page H3700):
  Freedom to Vote Act Constitutional Authority Statement The Freedom to Vote Act relies upon many separate bases of constitutional authority, each of which vests in Congress the power to enact pro-democracy legislation. First, Congress has broad authority to regulate the time, place, and manner of congressional elections under the Elections Clause of the Constitution, article I, section 4, clause 1. Second, Congress has both the authority and responsibility, as the legislative body for the United States, to fulfill the promise of article IV, section 4, of the Constitution, which guarantees to every state a republican form of government. Third, Congress has broad authority pursuant to section…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 18, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 11, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/11

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

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  September 14, 2026

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  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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