End Government Shutdowns Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3776.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 154, October 21, 2015, Page H7089):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution: ``The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, inposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.'' Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution: ``No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statemetn and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 21, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

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  491 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3776, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3776

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0ee075324309dfd37d742138705c998a4e17e8357b399228f541f0bca6f7e304

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3776, last updated December 5, 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.