Protecting Our Constitution and Communities Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3454.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LICCARDO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 82, May 15, 2025, Page H2105):
  Article 1, Section 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  173 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3454, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/3454

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 11, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d7d291aca5951b99bdfaff2b260f84acdfa31dfedf440353752d37eefd3d43c5

  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 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3454, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 11, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.