DEBT Act of 2021

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 902.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. STIVERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 22, February 5, 2021, Page H470):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause I The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 5, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  291 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 902, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/902

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 3, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1b198c20788a6055a04e1688f5cc6e94fb2721d8cdb82aa9d2798e42f49021ee

  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 January 3, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 902, last updated January 3, 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.