VOTE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 627.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FALLON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 19, January 30, 2023, Page H511):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Amends the Voter Registration Act of 1993 to prohibit the registration of individuals not providing proof of United States Citizenship and applying criminal penalty for the attempt to do so.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2023 ↗

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  288 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 627, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/627

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  413fea3823531723d32deb5ba719b2aefababfee0c83964bcea42f5d2b391b07

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 627, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.