Small Business Job Protection Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2577.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MESSER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4176):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1, which empowers Congress, in part, to ``lay and collect Taxes'' and ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States . . .'' The bill will exempt certain employers from taxes imposed by Public Law 111-148, as amended. Congress has the power to repeal such taxes and provide for the general welfare of those who have been and will be harmed by their imposition.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  416 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2577, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2577

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  79dd68edd64b4b5757ec68b6221625ef549ed019d7d8b4c9249243ac6b5c2adc

  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. 2577, 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.