HOPE Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2677.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 64, April 18, 2023, Page H1847):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to States and units of local government to reduce the financial and administrative burden of expunging convictions for cannabis offenses.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 18, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  292 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2677, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2677

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e9bb7c702bcb07649b054d98271f4ffd57a5e69bd228af1684337943517c1151

  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. 2677, 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.