Ensuring America's Promises Act of 2011

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2534.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOWDY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H5086):
  Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution enumerates the power of Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  223 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2534, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2534

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b51700836cb3f90feeefc4767b477a1f1aa82282c90bd1430022f96c0f9e307a

  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. 2534, 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.