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Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1588.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 47, March 14, 2023, Page H1287):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States of America The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would increase opportunities to serve in AmeriCorps, reduce student debt, and tackle the climate crisis.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  241 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1588, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1588

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 14, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  967cb90e72931f1feba713cac306d939ec56ca978fa5a9f51f71f836b8b09bc9

  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 January 14, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1588, last updated January 14, 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.