To amend title 28, United States Code, to consolidate certain divisions in the Northern District of Alabama.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7177.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7177, a bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to consolidate certain divisions in the Northern District of Alabama” on October 25, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 19, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 25, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60866

  CBO publication date

  October 25, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7177, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7177

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  72b73e2e0771485b45933d306545456c4658a2cef67a0bf178b24e7a910dc12a

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STRONG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 18, January 31, 2024, Page H365):
  Article III, Section I The single subject of this legislation is: To amend Title 28, United States Code, to consolidate certain divisions in the Northern District of Alabama.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2024 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  174 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7177, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7177

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  72b73e2e0771485b45933d306545456c4658a2cef67a0bf178b24e7a910dc12a

  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 committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7177, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.