Solving an Overlooked Loophole in Votes for Executives (SOLVE) Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4491.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 116, July 6, 2023, Page H3172):
  U.S. Const. art. 1, Sec. 8 U.S. Const. amend. XX, Sec. 4 The single subject of this legislation is: To establish the Twentieth Amendment Section Four Panel to recommend to Congress model legislation to provide for an appropriate process to resolve any vacancy created by the death of a candidate in a contingent presidential or vice- presidential election.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  356 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4491, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4491

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f09fd75d8290cca0060e289ee95883d4205fb4b71aedbd5c057ff8550bab219b

  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 May 27, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4491, 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.