Employment Non-Discrimination Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1397.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2411):
  Clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution; clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution; section 5 of Amendment XIV to the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  160 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1397, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1397

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0c3ee9acdb140e8d7184f0d14c63d51d0f83fc56a9c0e0ba767072e58d221a56

  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 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1397, last updated March 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.