Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 249.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FLEISCHMANN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 8, January 10, 2023, Pages H151-H152):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, which states the Congress hall have the power ``to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or office thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 10, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  314 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 249, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/249

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  19001903a05df61da493294fca27dfec78fa8088bd87e319eb5a522c2854976a

  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 February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 249, last updated February 4, 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.