Sovereign States Bureau of Prisons Restructuring Act of 2025

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3344.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 80, May 13, 2025, Page H2001):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 13, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  265 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3344, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3344

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 28, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8d83af2f60d1484c32a608ab7d1f724fe569f6e1826547f7a7e71d751a1ce8ea

  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 May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3344, last updated May 28, 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.