Default Prevention Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 187.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 187, Default Prevention Act” on March 31, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on March 9, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 31, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59034

  CBO publication date

  March 31, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 187, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/187

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-340 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on January 9, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 9, 2024 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/340

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 187, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/187

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1b3fa5759dbd351aa71cbbf1841a80545ad2e8c16f59388cb84c09526064316b

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. McCLINTOCK, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 7, January 9, 2023, Page H112):
  Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 2 of the United States Constitution, which confer on Congress the power to collect and manage revenue for the payment of debts owed by the United States and to borrow money on the credit of the United States. Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 2: ``The Congress shall have the Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 9, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  605 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 187, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/187

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1b3fa5759dbd351aa71cbbf1841a80545ad2e8c16f59388cb84c09526064316b

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