Default Prevention Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 422.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCLINTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 6, January 10, 2017, Page H300):
  Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 2 of the United States Constitution, which confer on Congress the power to collect and manage revenue for the payment of debts owed by the United States and to borrow money on the credit of the United States. Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 2: ``The Congress shall have the Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2017 ↗

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  605 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 422, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/422

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  38ead4d9ae8b78e3e80573f795c55454a1e86c2e183cf4231bc29149fa447e70

  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 11, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 422, last updated August 11, 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.