Sunshine Protection Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1279.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BUCHANAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 39, March 1, 2023, Page H1050):
  Art. 1, Sec. 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To make daylight saving time permanent
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  96 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1279, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1279

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  418443d571a28c81d985f55152176941d6604658289a60a50c07066c851f152b

  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.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1279, last updated December 5, 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.