Social Security Number Modernization Act of 2018

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7143.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 164, No. 182, November 16, 2018, Page H9568):
  Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution to ``provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 16, 2018 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  134 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7143, 115th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/7143

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 11, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  8bf1028ff1109ae918a67bd4a82d950b18e1717191c5cb6b1410539658ef9193

  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. 7143, last updated August 11, 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.