PALS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2777.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 81, May 15, 2019, Page H3843):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 18 Article I, Section 8, clause 1 Article I, Section 8, clause 3 Article I, Section 8, clause 14
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 15, 2019 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  125 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2777, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/2777

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d1d4c918a895e8803cfc8f52844c57b82f3c19b6206e933df13558af155963c9

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2777, 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.