Keep our Correctional Officers Paid Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10298.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 179, December 4, 2024, Pages H6362-H6363):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution in that the legislation exercises legislative powers granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States or any Department or Office thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: To make appropriations for the salaries and expenses of certain U.S. Bureau of Prison employees working during a Federal Government shutdown.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 4, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 10298, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/10298

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 16, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  c6d9951873b2612a9240af3fbdc19a07cd2c62068964ee59a8762e1972612073

  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 16, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 10298, last updated December 16, 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.