Gerald’s Law Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 234.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BERGMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 8, January 10, 2023, Page H151):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  31 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 234, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/234

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  September 30, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1d57c16a99d17c31a8fa4a9501cbfd5e8de7f8c0c6c1c523a3293927eefaa9e1

  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 September 30, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 234, last updated September 30, 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.