Chance to Compete Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 159.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. FOXX, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H111):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 18 of the Constitution, in that the legislation (``is necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the . . . Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  251 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 159, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/159

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 8, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d56efe376733cb9ccd88c5a393d29b3a5467ebea2bd88642d77d4f956b0c669d

  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. 159, 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.