Paycheck Fairness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 7, Paycheck Fairness Act” on April 9, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on March 24, 2021”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 9, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57134

  CBO publication date

  April 9, 2021

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0ea57557f8f87e59ddfef14041f74c0e83f3eb2a7cad96a40146b7890328b964

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-13 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on April 5, 2021.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported April 5, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/13

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0ea57557f8f87e59ddfef14041f74c0e83f3eb2a7cad96a40146b7890328b964

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DeLAURO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 17, January 28, 2021, Page H250):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  134 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/7

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  0ea57557f8f87e59ddfef14041f74c0e83f3eb2a7cad96a40146b7890328b964

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 7, 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.