Recruit and Retain Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 898.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CARTER of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 27, February 9, 2023, Page H827):
  Clause 1 of section 8 of article 1 of the Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  267 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 898, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/898

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 11, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d4458440972a9cc2fecc8ceef37ce3580f6dd95ee8044f1d830c6fb4b0422ff0

  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 June 11, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 898, last updated June 11, 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.