To direct the Librarian of Congress to promote the more cost-effective, efficient, and expanded availability of the Annotated Constitution and pocket-part supplements by replacing the hardbound versions with digital versions.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1234.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BICE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 29, February 12, 2025, Page H677):
  Article I, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1234, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1234

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e4ba12b6133db71ad2caaddd45918b86fcaf186b38d19d0c322e50981ef06961

  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 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1234, last updated July 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.