Words Matter Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3111.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POCAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 77, May 5, 2023, Page H2137):
  Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Changes to U.S. Code to remove harmful language describing individuals with disabilities
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 5, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  152 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3111, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3111

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  January 9, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  1ebb1c00d93c4770d7ab91c67192dccd9574b2523cb21901505d8db72f897e86

  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 January 9, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3111, last updated January 9, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.