Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1235.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CONNOLLY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 38, February 28, 2023, Page H971):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Federal Firefighters pay and benefits
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 28, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  136 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1235, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1235

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7f5103b0f65b526c386a6eab055093c7a891d25d28fa29b58a821595a4ce6501

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1235, last updated February 4, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.