EQUAL Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1062.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ARMSTRONG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 33, February 17, 2023, Page H854):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8 clause 18 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: The Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law (EQUAL) Act abides by the single subject requirement in that the provisions are limited to the elimination of sentencing disparities for federal criminal offenses involving crack and powder cocaine.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 17, 2023 ↗

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  437 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1062, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1062

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  29a2d1ea4a8812acc95e5d693b3972a62a0435483629440954335a2e4faba62f

  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 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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