Federal Retirement Fairness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2478.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. KILMER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 72, May 2, 2019, Page H3441):
  The ``necessary and proper'' clause of Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 2, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  93 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2478, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2478

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  e43cbbcd363d22528512123f214f51c3a38dea7bf2c83c01fe05adf90cfa3a23

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2478, last updated February 4, 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.