Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 288.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 288, Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2023” on June 5, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 10, 2023”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 5, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59241

  CBO publication date

  June 5, 2023

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 288, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/288

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-83 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Judiciary Committee on June 1, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 1, 2023 ↗

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  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/83

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 288, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/288

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. FITZGERALD, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 9, January 11, 2023, Page H205):
  Article III, Section 1, Sentence 1, and Section 2, Clauses 1 and 4 of the Constitution, in that the legislation defines or affects judicial powers and cases that are subject to legislation by Congress; Article 1, Section 1, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation concerns the exercise of legislative powers generally granted to Congress by that section, including the exercise of those powers when delegated by Congress to the Executive; and, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution, in that the legislation exercises legislative power granted to Congress by that clause ``to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2023 ↗

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  Statement length

  860 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 288, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/288

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  May 27, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  2f7b2143a84e59ab28be29f7e0d7578c6fa4feaec57cb4be32b57a4422664d26

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