Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1230.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1230, Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act” on October 16, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on June 11, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 16, 2019 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55734

  CBO publication date

  October 16, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1230, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1230

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-372 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on January 9, 2020.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 9, 2020 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/372

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1230, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1230

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 29, February 14, 2019, Page H2033):
  Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2019 ↗

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  Statement length

  62 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1230, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1230

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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