GRACE Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7173.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LOFGREN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 18, January 31, 2024, Page H365):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 4 provides Congress with the power to establish a ``uniform rule of Naturalization.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Immigration
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  169 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7173, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7173

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c72c1aea2babfc4e1a71655fbfdfbb1cb692d81049c272d1d0a282307e535650

  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. 7173, 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.