Congressional Pay Reduction Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 179.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. YODER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 1, January 6, 2015, Page H49):
  Article 1, Section 6 The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 6, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  179 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 179, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/179

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8e0361cc8a26610a5624ec6c658d926acfb4b88da3dc08990e7699e27916e3f1

  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. 179, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.