Protect U.S. National Security Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1196.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JACOBS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 28, February 11, 2025, Page H645):
  Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  42 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1196, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1196

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  4a3f2d533630c17677cfdb5040f76898409bda7d73020071fc9a9117e8cec2fe

  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 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1196, last updated June 4, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.