To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions which were formerly classified to chapters 14 and 19 of title 25, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3496.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3496, a bill to make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions which were formerly classified to chapters 14 and 19 of title 25, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors” on June 27, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 24, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 27, 2023 ↗

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59322

  CBO publication date

  June 27, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3496, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3496

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-235 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 29, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 29, 2023 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/235

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3496, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3496

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HAGEMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 84, May 18, 2023, Page H2458):
  Article I Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions which were formerly classified to chapters 14 and 19 of title 25, United States Code, and to correct related technical errors
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2023 ↗

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  270 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3496, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3496

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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