FAIR Act of 2022

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 963.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “CBO’s Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 963, the FAIR Act of 2022” on March 15, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the website of the Clerk of the House on March 14, 2022”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57929

  CBO publication date

  March 15, 2022

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 963, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/963

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  15b87c45fbdc8efe18466590ff950928a3c682443315da6decd8a413a5d4d29d

• 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. 117-270 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on March 11, 2022.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported March 11, 2022 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/270

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 963, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/963

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  15b87c45fbdc8efe18466590ff950928a3c682443315da6decd8a413a5d4d29d

  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. JOHNSON of Georgia, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 26, February 11, 2021, Page H502):
  U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 11, 2021 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  40 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 963, 117th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/963

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 10, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 16, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  15b87c45fbdc8efe18466590ff950928a3c682443315da6decd8a413a5d4d29d

  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. 963, 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.