LACA of 2026

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 625.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-784 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on August 27, 2026.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported August 27, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/784

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 625, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/625

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 11, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c4ba62886a4159cbc37dbd9adf59a965674aac26eed4453c55fb2016a53ebba3

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCAUL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 13, January 22, 2025, Page H300):
  Article 1 Section 8 Amends Title 28, United States Code, to authorize holding court in College Station, Texas and El Centro, California.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 22, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  136 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 625, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/625

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 11, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c4ba62886a4159cbc37dbd9adf59a965674aac26eed4453c55fb2016a53ebba3

  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 (as of September 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 625, last updated September 10, 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.