Debbie Smith Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1105.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1105, Debbie Smith Act of 2023” on October 10, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 28, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 10, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59648

  CBO publication date

  October 10, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1105, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1105

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  927ca2d433aabeeba2f8a431224703e82649330b6612e869530726a4b5ebbf1d

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-250 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on October 25, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported October 25, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/250

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1105, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1105

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  927ca2d433aabeeba2f8a431224703e82649330b6612e869530726a4b5ebbf1d

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. WAGNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 33, February 17, 2023, Page H856):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  132 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1105, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1105

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  927ca2d433aabeeba2f8a431224703e82649330b6612e869530726a4b5ebbf1d

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1105, last updated December 5, 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.