Mortgage Settlement Monitoring Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1706.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CUMMINGS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Pages H2298-H2299):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 (provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States) Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 (To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes)
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  237 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1706, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/1706

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  17c44fec9bfd212bc5436c0ad41369a73bbd2af625e866f7f186a8df69682a08

  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 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1706, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.