Early Voting Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1295.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 39, March 1, 2023, Page H1051):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof''. The single subject of this legislation is: The subject of the bill is voting rights.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 1, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  389 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1295, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1295

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 24, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  25d03bccebca13041ea0332926830be88451091bca25444efe6ecba2b6d714ed

  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 July 24, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1295, last updated July 24, 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.