Police Officers Protecting Children Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1650.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PFLUGER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 50, March 17, 2023, Page H1296):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill specifies that certain active and retired law enforcement officers who are authorized to carry concealed firearms are not subject to the federal prohibition on possessing (or discharging) a firearm in a school zone.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  289 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1650, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1650

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  09dabcd99c3ff8f98a111eb22532610dd2a58536e7ba8db6de84d5030deeb5db

  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. 1650, 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.