To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to ensure that cost estimates, acquisition of proper materials, and any other activity related to certain projects under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act are performed by professionals licensed in the relevant State, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3177.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. EZELL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 74, May 5, 2025, Page H1854):
  Clause 18, Section 8 of Article 1 of the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3177, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3177

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7d0966fdefb51200d107f10aedb4c657a02fb6ab425a603b6eef41b687be92b8

  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 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3177, last updated June 12, 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.