Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4639.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 4639, Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act” on November 14, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 19, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59756

  CBO publication date

  November 14, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4639, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4639

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  976a89791d0668bf05c6612dfaea7cbdcbaf0da07b16edf7ceb39e857e8bfa2f

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-459 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on April 15, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 15, 2024 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/459

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4639, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4639

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  976a89791d0668bf05c6612dfaea7cbdcbaf0da07b16edf7ceb39e857e8bfa2f

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DAVIDSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 121, July 14, 2023, Page H3612):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18. ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: The single subject is federal governmnet surveillance.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2023 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  367 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4639, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4639

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  976a89791d0668bf05c6612dfaea7cbdcbaf0da07b16edf7ceb39e857e8bfa2f

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4639, 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.