End the Deep State Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 697.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. OGLES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 14, January 23, 2025, Page H389):
  Article I, Section VIII of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 23, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  57 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 697, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/697

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 26, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b376d713dd6aad1127d8dc7071c60669cae7935b3b7cdb7072aac998580609bb

  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 26, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 697, last updated March 26, 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.