OATHS Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1000.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FOXX, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 30, February 14, 2023, Page H840):
  Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution which states ``Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings . . .'' The single subject of this legislation is: Changing when and how the Oath of Office is Administered to House Members-elect.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 14, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  246 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1000, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1000

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  53336956374c0c94e75a5b3e7e958097a7c0130599d840806eba3285a07b4dcd

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1000, last updated July 24, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.