Fair Legal Access Grants Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4854.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CHU, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 128, July 25, 2023, Page H3951):
  Clause 1 of Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Fair Legal Access Grant (FLAG) Act would support the implementation of ERPOs and provide legal representation for eligible petitioners. Specifically, this bill would establish a grant funding to states and local governments for the purposes of providing access to counsel for eligible petitioners along with other legal resources and training.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 25, 2023 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4854, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4854

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  43d131d307d501d2b3d99e2c361c0312b03e995ed7bbc8137ddd41fc932f5f08

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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