To create a zero interest loan program for Federal and District of Columbia employees furloughed or excepted from such furlough during a lapse in Federal appropriations, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1167.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 28, February 13, 2019, Page H1584):
  U.S.C. Art. 1, Sec. 8, cl 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 13, 2019 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  28 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1167, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1167

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  115c4d3e45a7d52b3f316e3a510a4576f49544b0fcd27d9f3d8bf0a18c19d6a5

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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