Paycheck Fairness Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 17.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DeLAURO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 46, March 10, 2023, Page H1279):
  Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Equal pay for equal work
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2023 ↗

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  236 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 17, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/17

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  cd5986ad1db7f0458be6f06141e93dc0aff3cf22ec38383972fcfb70c4dad61e

  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. 17, 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.