Federal Hiring Freeze Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1779.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MARINO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H3111):
  1) Article I, Section 8, Clause 1--The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. 2) Article I, Section 8, Clause 18--The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  600 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1779, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1779

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ab2a096a76151659c6ea4fbd1149d1c648a238c85db23df255bb6ff7e8420a40

  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 August 14, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1779, last updated August 14, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.