David Dorn Thin Blue Line Retention Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3509.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaHOOD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 84, May 18, 2023, Page H2458):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution--Congress has the 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 any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: To augment the salaries of State and local law enforcment officers and promote officer hiring and retention.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 18, 2023 ↗

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  450 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3509, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3509

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7533b520ce4f0797d3f6da23956d2ea9c8d01daca31f4ce48ba2164fbc7b2a3b

  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. 3509, 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.