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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4563.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-978 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on January 3, 2025.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 3, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/978

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4563, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4563

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  21c9d9b472c1ea97ef722ffce56e4abeca498fe423bbf52a1b5a3bfb11f1f24a

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STEIL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 122, July 17, 2023, Page H3640):
  Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 informs the Congress that the primary authority to set election law and to administer federal elections rests with the States and not with the Congress. First Amendment ``Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 ``To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress,…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  2,460 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4563, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4563

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 2, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  21c9d9b472c1ea97ef722ffce56e4abeca498fe423bbf52a1b5a3bfb11f1f24a

  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 (as of February 2, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4563, last updated February 2, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.