EQUAL Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1693.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-128 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on September 27, 2021.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported September 27, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/128

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1693, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1693

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ac37298d5af2ec4290031e2eeeebddb6faaadf79a4bb81b8ddbd75ebc020220

  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. JEFFRIES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 44, March 9, 2021, Page H1190):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 clause 18 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 9, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  134 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1693, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1693

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6ac37298d5af2ec4290031e2eeeebddb6faaadf79a4bb81b8ddbd75ebc020220

  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. 1693, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.