American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia Election Integrity and Voter Confidence Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4477.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLINE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 116, July 6, 2023, Page H3172):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 17, which gives Congress complete control over D.C. The single subject of this legislation is: Election Integrity in District of Columbia elections.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  177 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4477, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4477

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c00f13c672468b8ddc0f66ff53d5bdb2d6488f8b2526d6ad3a1e8ebf3e027344

  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. 4477, 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.