CONTRACT Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1283.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BROWNLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 35, February 24, 2021, Page H617):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  45 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1283, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1283

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  412c076c2c0a8e08e55286bce65dd7843eb3205ba03e053ba6a7b3d45a04915f

  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. 1283, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.