Social Security Cost of Living Increase Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1688.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 51, March 21, 2023, Page H1302):
  Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: Social Security
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 21, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

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  104 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1688, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1688

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  76683e881b61de055fcf106b1d88cc4685f2671fb7caa8a3ef24163a8388be12

  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. 1688, 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.