FAIR Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1423.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-204 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 13, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 13, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/204

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1423, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1423

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1350991421fba8ad290ed1b81b4bdc2579cd0073369bc3a3b10258997ba5d965

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 37, February 28, 2019, Page H2315):
  U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  39 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1423, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1423

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1350991421fba8ad290ed1b81b4bdc2579cd0073369bc3a3b10258997ba5d965

  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 (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1423, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.