To amend title 28, United States Code, to redefine the eastern and middle judicial districts of Louisiana.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7835.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LETLOW, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 42, March 5, 2026, Page H2473):
  Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  63 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7835, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7835

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  102d1a0b625a6c65649a476ec0c2f3b7a8c05ab14c9df947350de9fad092a943

  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 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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