Democracy Restoration Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4987.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CROCKETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 130, July 27, 2023, Page H4144):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To secure the Federal voting rights of persons when release from incarceration.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 27, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  142 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4987, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4987

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  fec4a4da10d92a4d6aaa90f6ef1c412a960d3025c7320da1d67773ddc16c528f

  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. 4987, 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.