Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2744.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BEAN of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 66, April 20, 2023, Page H1910):
  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 Government of the United States or in any Department or Officer therof. The single subject of this legislation is: To require that the Federal Government procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary for the operations and management of certain Government agencies.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 20, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  474 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2744, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/2744

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 4, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  07bdd5e0dc9f8124c0456bba402ecb9b0fdcaaa7c21a6711422631f9d35ab0ac

  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. 2744, 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.