End Solitary Confinement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4972.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BUSH, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4143):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To end the use of solitary confinement and other forms of restrictive housing in all Federal agencies and entities they contract with.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗

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  198 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4972, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4972

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 31, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3b1c964e4d9d8c25b593d8602b2ee62cf81757792a6de08c7dfbcc1f960f27de

  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 August 31, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

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