JFK Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 637.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCHWEIKERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 19, January 30, 2023, Page H511):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution: The Congress shall have the Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF ASSASSINATION RECORDS AND INFORMATION RELATED TO ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 30, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  480 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 637, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/637

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 6, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  30943828b338dfaf913885b1eadefa391840e41cdcf0903764d46d417eea35fb

  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 June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 637, last updated June 6, 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.