Sergeant Steve Owen Defending Our Defenders Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1627.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MIKE GARCIA of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 50, March 17, 2023, Page H1295):
  Clause 18 of section 8 of article l of the Conititution, which States that Congress has the Power ``to make all laws, which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into the Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: To strengthen and outline the penalties for the murder of state and local law enforcement officers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1627, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1627

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

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  880a902205563720947ffee2e6f0c739100fb8ffc9b517e81a81177a4feb66e7

  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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