Welfare Integrity and Data Improvement Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3659.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAULSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H8966):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated January 14, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  145 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3659, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/3659

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  5d10107874032f3b4c48bb5b4e44a3b0bad21d40c0892f596e25327b88c16c96

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

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3659, last updated January 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.