Porch Pirates Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9227.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PHILLIPS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 124, July 30, 2024, Pages H4964-H4965):
  Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 3 of the Constitution of the United States, The single subject of this legislation is: This legislation would apply the same penalties to the theft of United States Postal Service mail to the theft of packages delivered by commercial and private carriers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 30, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  275 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9227, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9227

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  October 12, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5b27ed1f55b4c3bc3b92fc5cefac85797e06ec2fb7ebd54c6d9ca9e96ec913f7

  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 October 12, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 9227, last updated October 12, 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.