Employee Bonus Protection Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1981.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CALVERT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 60, April 23, 2015, Page H2465):
  The Constitutional authority of congress to enact this legislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vested in Congress).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 23, 2015 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  270 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1981, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1981

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  March 23, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  ad882e8e70016168add18838a239eb8b4fd286c4f84e142baa6496381b78cb5c

  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. 1981, last updated March 23, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.