To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 250.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. HOULAHAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 5, January 9, 2025, Page H92):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  123 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 250, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/250

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 11, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d2cf0e13e8952ea4367fc7ba6500f6a03d84df66f2bc1436da1e60e140f728df

  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 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 250, last updated July 11, 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.