Fair Pay Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1598.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 47, March 14, 2023, Page H1287):
  clause 3 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would require that if men and women are doing comparable work, they must be paid comparable wages.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 14, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

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  206 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1598, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1598

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  b6e9a62b2b34121dc0aa20cfa6acdf71f5125f5d826e306199252f7f94fc83fa

  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 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1598, last updated July 21, 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.