BRIDGE for Workers Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1759.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1759, BRIDGE for Workers Act” on April 5, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on April 2, 2019”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 5, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55099

  CBO publication date

  April 5, 2019

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1759, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1759

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  291564d09b0912cec16329c85161d0bba74695a7fc76f880af0692d6ca6b22d2

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-38 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on April 9, 2019.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 9, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/38

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1759, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1759

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  291564d09b0912cec16329c85161d0bba74695a7fc76f880af0692d6ca6b22d2

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MURPHY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 46, March 14, 2019, Page H2746):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, which grants Congress the power to ``provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  143 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1759, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1759

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  291564d09b0912cec16329c85161d0bba74695a7fc76f880af0692d6ca6b22d2

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1759, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.