Architect of the Capitol Appointment Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3196.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3196, Architect of the Capitol Appointment Act of 2023” on December 22, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on September 28, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, December 22, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59853

  CBO publication date

  December 22, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3196, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3196

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5fa4c377135f790196c843516648df2aca43b71ea97cc8217ee73c5fa1c49ded

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-741 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on November 18, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 18, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/741

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3196, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3196

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5fa4c377135f790196c843516648df2aca43b71ea97cc8217ee73c5fa1c49ded

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEIL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 79, May 10, 2023, Page H2246):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: [The Congress shall have Power . . .] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into 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: Streamlines the appointment process for the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to a majority vote of a congressional commission consisting of select members of the House of Representatives and Senate.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 10, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  543 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3196, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3196

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5fa4c377135f790196c843516648df2aca43b71ea97cc8217ee73c5fa1c49ded

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

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