American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia Citizen Voter Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4396.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4396, American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia Citizen Voter Act” on March 29, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on House Administration on February 23, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 29, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60174

  CBO publication date

  March 29, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4396, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4396

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a7a873413b847c7999b4b047773c5bfc5a93894b12d4aef9b6d74452d8b52b1b

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-395 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on February 23, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported February 23, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/395

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4396, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4396

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a7a873413b847c7999b4b047773c5bfc5a93894b12d4aef9b6d74452d8b52b1b

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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. BOST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 114, June 30, 2023, Page H3160):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 The single subject of this legislation is: Citizenship requirement to vote in the District of Columbia
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 30, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  134 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4396, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4396

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a7a873413b847c7999b4b047773c5bfc5a93894b12d4aef9b6d74452d8b52b1b

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4396, last updated May 27, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.