Housing Is a Human Right Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1708.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JAYAPAL, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 52, March 22, 2023, Page H1328):
  This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article I of the United States Constitution and its subsequent amendments, and further clarified and interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States. The single subject of this legislation is: Housing
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 22, 2023 ↗

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  275 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1708, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1708

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  00e0a2d02778418ff1424e0b862b7c904bbbbbda27a7974e28bf444b7db685da

  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. 1708, 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.