Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2693.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHOLTEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 64, April 18, 2023, Page H1847):
  Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has 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 any Department or Officer thereof'' The single subject of this legislation is: Coast Guard Pay
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 18, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  362 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2693, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2693

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d1dfe48bcb9ade384bbf1a7d08c1f5b05f5c5ac516a196868244ad9c32f958f1

  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 December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2693, last updated December 5, 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.