BOP Direct-Hire Authority Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3342.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GROTHMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 80, May 13, 2025, Page H2001):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  54 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3342, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3342

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 22, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 24, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ebf9aa3e0f3b357b43444023edd8ab560331d6561322a2aa67e3d888c2e1f9c9

  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 22, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3342, last updated September 22, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.