Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1033.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 26, February 14, 2017, Page H1185):
  Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution, which states that ``No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of Appropriations made by law; and a regular, statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2017 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  307 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1033, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/1033

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ab3c0b47985564cfca23c366575f85124d2f0b8b2b616c595913081281e3b8e

  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. 1033, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 21, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.