Fairness to Freedom Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2697.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. TORRES of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 64, April 18, 2023, Page H1847):
  According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: of the United States Constitution, seen below, this bill falls within the Constitutional Authority of the United States Congress. Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: 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 single subject of this legislation is: Establishes a right to legal representation.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 18, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  450 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2697, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2697

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  3670144f9ab5b9d08731484aadbd1f663e1a0bad905c432e448943cac0a71bc2

  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. 2697, 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.