Counter Drone State and Local Defender Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7525.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BURLISON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 30, February 12, 2026, Page H2220):
  Article I, Section VIII of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 12, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  58 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7525, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7525

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  June 3, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0e096c6f69e9761fd6c794f1cfde896ea18fc6c8741e81b2e6034c6002299d33

  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 June 3, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7525, last updated June 3, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.