WAGES Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 650.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. EDWARDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H503):
  Article. I. Section 1. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated March 23, 2026 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  174 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 650, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/650

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2a42f7accf38d8884b7593bf24f6e110af37054328fefa55dccea66d742b4171

  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. 650, 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.