First Amendment Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4472.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ARMSTRONG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 116, July 6, 2023, Page H3172):
  The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Promotes election integrity, voter confidence, and faith in elections by protecting political speech and reforming campaign finance rules.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  278 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4472, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4472

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 23, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1c319670f1518d3ddf1316e86c1e24187751631c0075244f149e1fe573d92413

  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 June 23, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4472, last updated June 23, 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.