PAST Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1653.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. QUIGLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 50, March 17, 2023, Page H1296):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution. The single subject of this legislation is: Government accountability.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 17, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  205 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1653, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1653

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  54d032dd0b22a6bb2e130fbf8b682f7b36ba447f101b0fbce5d9e67b4b608207

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1653, last updated February 4, 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.