Respect for Marriage Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2523.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NADLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4080):
  Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution, and section 5 of Amendment XIV to the Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  108 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2523, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2523

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0ccd5515fcb37d91e13290dc4230d04b5ade783a2bbf33c83f724cd042321cdb

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2523, last updated December 5, 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.