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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3949.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 101, June 9, 2023, Page H2789):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: authorizing the FCC to issue penalties for illegally smuggling or illegally possessing a cellphone in prison.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  172 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3949, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3949

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1cbb5f82f832619465b15aa929362c8f18908538281c90e1bfd2e7cc3e79e6b0

  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 January 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3949, last updated January 9, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.