Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4958.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. IVEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4142):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 14 and 18, and Amendments 5 and 8, of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: prosecutorial discretion/judicial procedure/criminal justice
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  272 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4958, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4958

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a96d83087d08d0eb4a4459b18bf5226d1142c1f2bdee5ea42930674eba6dbf4f

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 4958, last updated December 5, 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.