American Confidence in Elections: District of Columbia Ballot Security Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4523.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MORAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 117, July 10, 2023, Page H3177):
  Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to establish certain requirements with respect to the use of drop boxes for a District of Columbia election, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 10, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  249 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4523, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4523

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  bac0839a918c8f1c3fc1888544f57e14964cb70b3643b3427be126e02b40eadd

  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. 4523, 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.