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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1632.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JACKSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 50, March 17, 2023, Page H1295):
  Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: to eliminate taxpayer funding for the National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  188 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1632, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1632

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b3f323d7cdd09c29bdb5239b36ed413426be243ed03134d144bfb6149bf32444

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1632, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.