Know Your Social Security Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4143.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 110, June 24, 2021, Page H3134):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution: To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the powers enumerated under section 8 and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 24, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  300 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 4143, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/4143

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  6288d3c1561ae8e13409d4c933fad78b07f3ad99068c50313c77068d2d59b520

  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. 4143, 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.