To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide an additional place for holding court for the Pecos Division of the Western District of Texas, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 786.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 786, a bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide an additional place for holding court for the Pecos Division of the Western District of Texas, and for other purposes” on October 6, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 28, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59641

  CBO publication date

  October 6, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 786, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/786

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 786, a bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide an additional place for holding court for the Pecos Division of the Western District of Texas, and for other purposes” on October 6, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 28, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 6, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59641

  CBO publication date

  October 6, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 786, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/786

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b77881a6d35b31db673622c474abc6022d04dbc3d0265b9d1d3ae7af27b0cdc9

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-271 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on November 13, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported November 13, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/271

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 786, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/786

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b77881a6d35b31db673622c474abc6022d04dbc3d0265b9d1d3ae7af27b0cdc9

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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. TONY GONZALES of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 22, February 2, 2023, Page H681):
  Article III, Section 9; The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in Office. The single subject of this legislation is: Bill requires additional places for holding court.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  523 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 786, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/786

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b77881a6d35b31db673622c474abc6022d04dbc3d0265b9d1d3ae7af27b0cdc9

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 786, last updated May 27, 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.