To provide that all Federal employees shall be deemed to be employees excepted from furlough for purposes of the Government shutdown commencing on or about October 1, 2013, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3290.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KINGSTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H6545):
  The principal constitutional authority for this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of article I: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . .'' Clause 1 of section 8 of article I: ``The Congress shall have the Power . . .to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.'' ____________________
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated February 4, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  394 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3290, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/3290

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  37bde50df6d57be86e556475367074ab39a158b1aaf475b1b327d99c302e751a

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3290, last updated February 4, 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.