To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 319.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SIMPSON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 5, January 9, 2025, Page H93):
  Article 1, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 9.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  78 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 319, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/319

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8e2d2e323927f619c837e7b9e2153de8b4728b4bd7b330e963713136e544541f

  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 March 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 319, last updated March 7, 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.