ALERT Communities Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1561.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CROCKETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 37, February 25, 2025, Page H837):
  Article I Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 25, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1561, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1561

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 1, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  dc1cda17c8170c6224caaf1c4b3a0b0076f0392689c55cd4b9da49b0b18a2509

  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 August 1, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1561, last updated August 1, 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.