Debt Transparency and Accountability Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 523.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MARCHANT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 163, No. 9, January 13, 2017, Page H546):
  Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to thefollowing: U.S. Constitution Art. I Sec. 8 cl. 2, under the power ``To borrow Money on the credit of the United States'';and Art. I Sec. 8 cl. 18, under the power ``To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Executionthe foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in anyDepartment or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2017 ↗

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  461 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 523, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/523

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 21, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f4ed3cb81b3ca8485e4c5ec384b3e9d2b874c12aea30909195ce309ba1b932e5

  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. 523, 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.