Shining a Spotlight on Safer Communities Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7272.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 22, February 7, 2024, Page H537):
  Pursuant to clause 7(c)(1) of Rule XII and Section 3(c) of H . Res. 5 the following statements are submitted regarding (1) the specific powers granted to Congress in the U.S. Constitution to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution in Article I Section VIII. The single subject of this legislation is: To require additional reporting requirements of the Department of Justice with regards to the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 7, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  436 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7272, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/7272

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  November 2, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  90de2e30993bf455b196fdff82c7e1fa209bca6233c82f5818114eb3db1dc867

  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 November 2, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7272, last updated November 2, 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.