Fighting Presidential Budget Waste Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1194.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PAPPAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 36, February 24, 2023, Page H877):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution states that ``Congress shall have the authority to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into the Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Office thereof.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Budget Oversight
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  410 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1194, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1194

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  f3378d2d2c2a68d74986228b3bb04589f1a4dfc08f5b421f9eeacc7a7979d6eb

  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 September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1194, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.