Community First Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2669.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 62, April 7, 2025, Page H1461):
  Pursuant to clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Congress finds the authority for this legislation in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution, which provides Congress the power to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States,'' and in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which allows Congress to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution its powers.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  441 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2669, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2669

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 25, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 26, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e7855ca0cfc60c54b70c75d383eee0116dfd4f2e66443fef82c00ba46d0aae45

  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 September 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2669, last updated September 25, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.