Safe Schools and Communities Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8280.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NUNN of Iowa, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 79, May 7, 2024, Pages H2937-H2938):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Goverment of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. The single subject of this legislation is: To direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies to enhance school and community safety, and for other purposes.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 7, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  Statement length

  476 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8280, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8280

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e11e0872acd2959845c30cc889c63b5c0d984543b7eee222d1bfef4a0f59635e

  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 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8280, last updated July 21, 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.