Jane’s Law

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6988.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. D'ESPOSITO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 7, January 12, 2024, Page H132):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen the enforcement of certain court ordered property distributions.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 12, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  215 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 6988, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/6988

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  964b5742b05a66328b5eb9bcf9361a3b1c49fdc3182db15626ab2bcc7b9588e9

  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. 6988, 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.