Adjusting Davis-Bacon for Inflation Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1637.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2160):
  Because this legislation adjusts the formula the federal government uses to spend money on federal contracts, it is authorized by the Constitution under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, which grants Congress its spending power.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  226 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1637, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1637

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7a85ba478fea9cf855d9ec134878046beb427bd8ac4b4d9453263ec228367413

  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. 1637, last updated March 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.